Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
I remember expressing how people where trying to say things to be on-purpose discouraging, to attempt to
break another, to put enough pressure so the snap, and lash out, proving they are not able to cope or take it
and still smile and bless back
What was odd was the observation was "you playing the hard done by card, playing the victim"
When one is hurt and expresses this, it is just saying one is hurt, it is not playing at being hurt.
Jesus wants to hear how we are doing so He can give us support. He provides so much support in the hardest
times He is carrying us. And the thing with an open heart, is it can and does get hurt, but in Christ it is healed
and can get up and walk on. It is the nature of love in Jesus, it is never defeated because of the streams of
living water that flow from the cross, showering and overwhelming us in His love and presence.
I love that Jesus took so much for us, in his sacrifice, because it put our temporary pains into perspective.
I am very weak and could not take what He took, and yet He will bind up my wounds and heal me, because He
is so humble and such a King of love. I sometime wonder how someone as weak as me could become someone
so bold and open, that He could enable me to know rejection at the deepest level, unto death, yet Praise God
that in Him I have enough. Thankyou Jesus, thankyou for this reality and the cross, the shedding of your blood,
the pain of knowing you could have killed all your enemies, but you took the torture and mocking, because those
torturers were me, and those mockers, were me, and still you forgave us, so we could become your friends.
Thank you Jesus we can have a small taste of your suffering, by sharing your words and knowing rejection
and persecution, knowing in you there is great wealth, love and beauty, Amen
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
I remember expressing how people where trying to say things to be on-purpose discouraging, to attempt to
break another, to put enough pressure so the snap, and lash out, proving they are not able to cope or take it
and still smile and bless back
What was odd was the observation was "you playing the hard done by card, playing the victim"
When one is hurt and expresses this, it is just saying one is hurt, it is not playing at being hurt.
Jesus wants to hear how we are doing so He can give us support. He provides so much support in the hardest
times He is carrying us. And the thing with an open heart, is it can and does get hurt, but in Christ it is healed
and can get up and walk on. It is the nature of love in Jesus, it is never defeated because of the streams of
living water that flow from the cross, showering and overwhelming us in His love and presence.
I love that Jesus took so much for us, in his sacrifice, because it put our temporary pains into perspective.
I am very weak and could not take what He took, and yet He will bind up my wounds and heal me, because He
is so humble and such a King of love. I sometime wonder how someone as weak as me could become someone
so bold and open, that He could enable me to know rejection at the deepest level, unto death, yet Praise God
that in Him I have enough. Thankyou Jesus, thankyou for this reality and the cross, the shedding of your blood,
the pain of knowing you could have killed all your enemies, but you took the torture and mocking, because those
torturers were me, and those mockers, were me, and still you forgave us, so we could become your friends.
Thank you Jesus we can have a small taste of your suffering, by sharing your words and knowing rejection
and persecution, knowing in you there is great wealth, love and beauty, Amen
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