"Well come on...
that was annoying they were making so much noise.... Don't I have a right to be
a smidge irritable with all that racket going on?"
That was not exactly a gracious demo of the fruit of the
spirit. I don't think God is looking for any of us to be right standing with
the world or our cultures' ways.
Politically correct is nothing more than communal
tyranny.
God's love always happens right where you are and your love
needs to happen there also.
Matthew 9:7 “Which of
you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone"? Oswald Chambers explains the illustration of
prayer that Our Lord uses in the Scripture verse is that of a good child asking
for a good thing. A good child being one who is in right standing with their
Father. We talk about God answering our prayers irrespective of our behavior
and our right standing with Him. Are you rightly relating to your wife, to your
husband, to your children, to your fellow-students, your co-workers - are you a
"good child" there? "
The Lord's not going to change His ways for you. He's not going to say ok I've commanded everyone
to be kind, merciful and forgiving but for you my precious, it's the deal of
the day, I'll let you live selfishly, be grouchy, mean, tell lies and cheat
others and I'll grant your prayers. Not going to happen.
A pearl to string: I am a child of God only by
rebirth, and as a child of God I am good only as I walk in His ways. "Prayer with most of us is turned into
pious platitude, it is a matter of emotion, mystical communion with God.
Spiritually we are all good at producing fogs". (Oswald Chambers) We
need to be honest with ourselves and turn away from wrong living. None of us
will ever be perfect that is not the goal ... it's to live as a child of God,
following Jesus. Really it is no use
praying unless we are living as children of God. Then, Jesus says - "Everyone that asks receives."
His mercy is new every morning,
You are loved
Lyndi
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