A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35
In my reading this morning I came across these verses. In house church we've been studying what is the church, or what does the church look like. A week or so ago these verses were read and talked about. One of the guys was like "I hate these verses. I honestly just don't like laying down my life for others." We all kinda laughed but its true isn't it? We don't like putting ME aside for YOUR sake.
Daddy God has been teaching me about His love for me this summer. It's been hard and painful. I don't want to put myself up here as some one amazing or say anything that would get back to people so, Reader, if you know me then pretend for this read you don't! I'm just some girl whose blog you read. Thank you.
A few weeks ago the pastor/leader at house church reminded me that I had said I was willing to help lead a group when ours got to big and needed to split. (uh he needs a name... we'll call him, Larry) So Larry was telling me "It's time for you to go be a leader". And I was like "NOoooooooooooooo! I like Suzanna, your wifey a lot! I want to stay! Can I pray about it again? Do I have to leave?" I didn't tell Larry this but I also wanted stay because of a boy. Larry assured me that it was fine to pray some more. So with that I went home and started whining to the Lord about my life and why I wanted to stay in Larry&Suzanna's group and didn't it just make sense Lord that I stay? But ending prayers with You're will not mine soon turned some tables. I remember praying one afternoon and hearing a whisper Vicki, I'm asking you love others as I have loved you. Lay down you're wants and desires for My sake, allow Me to work in each person's life without your interference.
I realized that leaving with the new group I will not only get to love others, but also I'm letting that boy alone... I'd be putting his needs and God's will above my own. Humbling myself is an act of love like Christ.
I will probably learn more from these verse in years to come, but for now I'm learning that to love like Christ and look like Him with my Jesus family is to lay myselfish desires aside so that others may grow. Making others more important then myself.
Painful! But I have so much peace when I obey. So much comfort in the Holy Spirit because He loves me, looks out for me and Daddy God knows best. He knows the pain of laying yourself aside, because He did it for me. He won't ask me to do something He's not willing to do Himself. The Holy Spirit is my sweet support. And I will follow Him.
In my reading this morning I came across these verses. In house church we've been studying what is the church, or what does the church look like. A week or so ago these verses were read and talked about. One of the guys was like "I hate these verses. I honestly just don't like laying down my life for others." We all kinda laughed but its true isn't it? We don't like putting ME aside for YOUR sake.
Daddy God has been teaching me about His love for me this summer. It's been hard and painful. I don't want to put myself up here as some one amazing or say anything that would get back to people so, Reader, if you know me then pretend for this read you don't! I'm just some girl whose blog you read. Thank you.
A few weeks ago the pastor/leader at house church reminded me that I had said I was willing to help lead a group when ours got to big and needed to split. (uh he needs a name... we'll call him, Larry) So Larry was telling me "It's time for you to go be a leader". And I was like "NOoooooooooooooo! I like Suzanna, your wifey a lot! I want to stay! Can I pray about it again? Do I have to leave?" I didn't tell Larry this but I also wanted stay because of a boy. Larry assured me that it was fine to pray some more. So with that I went home and started whining to the Lord about my life and why I wanted to stay in Larry&Suzanna's group and didn't it just make sense Lord that I stay? But ending prayers with You're will not mine soon turned some tables. I remember praying one afternoon and hearing a whisper Vicki, I'm asking you love others as I have loved you. Lay down you're wants and desires for My sake, allow Me to work in each person's life without your interference.
I realized that leaving with the new group I will not only get to love others, but also I'm letting that boy alone... I'd be putting his needs and God's will above my own. Humbling myself is an act of love like Christ.
I will probably learn more from these verse in years to come, but for now I'm learning that to love like Christ and look like Him with my Jesus family is to lay myselfish desires aside so that others may grow. Making others more important then myself.
Painful! But I have so much peace when I obey. So much comfort in the Holy Spirit because He loves me, looks out for me and Daddy God knows best. He knows the pain of laying yourself aside, because He did it for me. He won't ask me to do something He's not willing to do Himself. The Holy Spirit is my sweet support. And I will follow Him.
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