tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post7155915190312115797..comments2024-03-28T18:43:53.154-07:00Comments on Meditations of my Heart: Love Your EnemiesMartha Jane Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-30717672524336009162013-11-27T18:22:47.830-08:002013-11-27T18:22:47.830-08:00Jesus knew how lack of forgiveness damages our psy...Jesus knew how lack of forgiveness damages our psyche. How can we love others when we fail to love God first, and forgive as He required? <br />Not easy, never, but necessary.<br />Thanks for coming by, Sunflowergirle~Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-47521669293683644652013-11-27T18:19:22.533-08:002013-11-27T18:19:22.533-08:00Forgiveness of enemies . . . the hardest part for ...Forgiveness of enemies . . . the hardest part for me in being a Christian. But, Christ commands it. We can only ignore Him for so long before He convinces us that our inability to forgive is because we are relying upon ourselves, not upon His inimitable power.<br />He is the first to love, the first to forgive, the first to teach us, created in His image, how to do so. Still, hard . . . Being human means being vulnerable and gullible to the calls of this world. And, if we let that hatred grow, we can find ourselves hating God, too . . . <br />Because, the world will always let us down, always disappoint. . . We are God's chosen, not of this world, but of His. Let us celebrate, my dear, in this always!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-17599555822725402522013-11-27T09:34:51.109-08:002013-11-27T09:34:51.109-08:00Always forgive, no matter the crime against you, o...Always forgive, no matter the crime against you, or you will be the one to suffer. As I always say, love honestly, especially self. Good story Martha, thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-85672990779896825532013-11-27T05:16:23.023-08:002013-11-27T05:16:23.023-08:00When I came back home and had to face the person I...When I came back home and had to face the person I hated all my life in my growing up years ~ I thought if I forgive, it'll be a sign of weakness on my part ~ but there was also inside me a gnawing voice that cries out to be liberated.I want to love and I also want to receive it...<br /><br />Most of the time, we hate other people and even ourselves for many years... but I think, even if we don't admit it, most of our rebellion comes from hating God too...<br /><br />The story you shared and your reflections touched my very core. I pray with you that God may touch our hearts ~ dissolve everything that keeps us from loving Him and others. We pray that we may learn to bow down and humble ourselves before Him and experience true forgiveness and mercy deep within us. <br /><br />Thank you very much for reminding me of the value of loving beyond what I am capable of ~ only the Lord could infuse that great love within each one of us. I love you lots dear friend.Melissa Tandochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747825707650125721noreply@blogger.com