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Originally Posted by aron
Well, it was good medicine for me. It helped me to realize that not everyone thought I was such a swell guy. And even more, it made me realize that yes, words can hurt. So maybe, just maybe, my words were also hurtful to others, and I should try to tone down my rhetoric.
Yes. Like the political candidates are told over and over by their advisors: "Stay on the message." Our message is Jesus Christ, not some doctrine to wrangle and accuse each other over.
God loved us so much that He sent His Only Begotten Son (Jo 3:16); should we not also love one another? I have to remind myself of this again and again. If the other person doesn't "feel the love" then my message is vain.
I know in a lot of WL's Psalms footnotes I didn't feel the love, but rather dry and empty rhetoric. I should not likewise get snared into dispensing the tree of knowledge.
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Life in Christ is a journey and a learning process. When we see the "Light" our
zealousness,
passion and
excitement to share to others what we have seen, what we have been taught by the Spirit of Christ,
these things sometimes gets the best of us. We want them to get on board, to leave the old behind, to drink from the Fountain of Living Water again... BUT...most people past the age of 35 (?) get comfortable and set in their ways. It takes the Holy Spirit of God to shake them up...to
wake us all up.
Boy...have I learned that the hard way and have taken my lumps in the head.
Thankfully, God covers our mistakes and He makes all things new.
Blessings to all,
Carol G