I heard a song a few minutes ago and the lyrics touched my heart. I'd heard it before, many times but it pierced my soul today and became my prayer.
"open the eyes of my heart Lord, open the eyes of my heart, I want to see You, I want to see You"
That is what I want! I want to see the Lord in everything...in every part of my life. But I want not only to see Him......I want to see like Him! From my understanding, my perception, the Lord reached out to all people with His love. He could see the hurts within and offered His Healing Love.....He urged us to love one another....to care for each other.....without prejudice, without bias, without fear.
It isn't my place to decide who should or shouldn't be loved......to point out "sin" in others when I have been forgiven so much......no, no,no.....He said 'by this will people know you are my disciples, that you love one another.' That is how I want others to know I love Him.....because I show His Love through my actions, through the way I treat those around me.
"Open the eyes of my heart Lord...."
Showing posts with label John 13:34-35. discipleship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John 13:34-35. discipleship. Show all posts
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Loving Others
"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
This is one of my favorite Scriptures! It is clear and concise and tells me exactly what I'm supposed to do as a Christian......love other people like Jesus loves me. Simple right? Not always because I am far from perfect. However, because I want to be a Godly woman loving others is my goal every single day. But I can't do it on my own.
Every day I pray to see others as God sees them......to look beyond the surface to the hidden hurts each one carries within......to respond with kindness, caring and compassion to the things God reveals to me about the people with whom I come in contact. When I can't do it on my own....well, then I pray that God will love them for me.
Working with children as I do, I feel so strongly the responsibility to show each student God's love in action. Some have loving parents who are ever present for their children......but many do not. Others have loving parents who are having to work two jobs just to keep their family together.....that doesn't leave much time for nurturing children........in those situations, both parents and children need to see God's love at work. And in my mind, it is crucial to show love and concern but never judgement.
You see, the new command in that verse is about loving one another, plain and simple. It is not my responsibility to pass judgement on anyone......thank goodness! That is not a job I want. It says, love one another......love how? as He loved me......love why? so people will "know you are my disciples."I want to be known as one of His children.....so I will reach out to others as He reached out to me....and I will do it gladly.
This is one of my favorite Scriptures! It is clear and concise and tells me exactly what I'm supposed to do as a Christian......love other people like Jesus loves me. Simple right? Not always because I am far from perfect. However, because I want to be a Godly woman loving others is my goal every single day. But I can't do it on my own.
Every day I pray to see others as God sees them......to look beyond the surface to the hidden hurts each one carries within......to respond with kindness, caring and compassion to the things God reveals to me about the people with whom I come in contact. When I can't do it on my own....well, then I pray that God will love them for me.
Working with children as I do, I feel so strongly the responsibility to show each student God's love in action. Some have loving parents who are ever present for their children......but many do not. Others have loving parents who are having to work two jobs just to keep their family together.....that doesn't leave much time for nurturing children........in those situations, both parents and children need to see God's love at work. And in my mind, it is crucial to show love and concern but never judgement.
You see, the new command in that verse is about loving one another, plain and simple. It is not my responsibility to pass judgement on anyone......thank goodness! That is not a job I want. It says, love one another......love how? as He loved me......love why? so people will "know you are my disciples."I want to be known as one of His children.....so I will reach out to others as He reached out to me....and I will do it gladly.
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