God's Law of Love

Check out these verses of Scripture:

"Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city."  Proverbs 16:32 (English Standard Version)

Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.
 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
 Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    rather than a fool in his folly.
If anyone returns evil for good,
    evil will not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so quit before the quarrel breaks out.  Proverbs 17:9-14 (English Standard Version)

Have you noticed there are Christian associates who seem to never have a bad day, or when they do, they are so conditioned to live in the positive, no one sees them being negative?  While we may be envious of people like that, they are few and far between. For some of us, there is the realization that we "lose our cool" too often. Then we end up saying or doing something we regret. The final result is when we come to understand our response may be offensive and mean toward people we are called to love. 

Believe it or not, this becomes a crossroad for us, a moment of making a decision to change ourselves by the grace of God, by working to change our hateful responses to bad situations and turning them into responses that demonstrate our faith and devotion to God.  I do not see that as being easy for everyone, but I do see God's way as the best for us to follow.

I suggest for those who, like me, have this problem, seek God in prayer to be our help in overcoming this and everything else about us that is evil.  Read verses like the ones printed above that will bring us to know the truth  of  "Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty."  The words that really convince and convict us are in the more lengthy verses above. Look closely at a few of those statements.

"Whoever covers an offense seeks love."  

"A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool."

" If anyone returns evil for good,  evil will not depart from his house."

May God bless us all as we search for ways to make right decisions and right responses while seeking unity and love toward everyone.  Remember who we live for, and remember who lives inside us. 

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