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Am I loved by the one I'm with? Is that just another myth?
I'm trying to love the one I'm with.
From where does this trying come?
Just a beating of my own drum?
A drum with no divine sound
causing the gentle Voice to drown?
I hear "Love the one you're with."
Is this performance of a myth?
The beat of the Father's heart, faintly heard.
Feasting on everythting short of His word.
Is the thought to perform so absurd?
It is finished! I once heard.
Forgotton is my first Love,
the One as gentle as a dove.
Love me so to receive
what I'm led to believe.
Unfolding rather than not enough. 2 Peter 1:8
Lord forgive us men who hide our malace toward our wives(and You) behind the robe of justice. Thankfully the malice breaks out often enough to reveal itself so it can't remain hidden or denied and unhealed. May our cry for justice become a cry for mercy and soften us. Malachi 2:13-17
Open the door that I may see
You're the One who's guiding me.
Setting me free from myself
removing me from the dusty shelf.
Sending me forth by your word
speaking what in the past was heard.
The truth about your redeeming Son
who reveals You are the only One,
the true living God who sent his Son.
I opened the door partially.
Could it be a smile I see?
Is the light in your Son
a smile upon me?
Yes! By the smile
it is You I see.
It is You here to guide me.
Traps without the springs in them. 2 Timothy 3:5
Shouting doesn't make a weak point strong. Luke 23:23
Dove award. Luke 11:13
We know the Scriptures “love your enemy” and “love your neighbor as yourself”. Think also how often we’ve heard “you are your own worst enemy”. So who is the first enemy to love? Is this the enemy written about in Romans 7? Or is “enemy” the wrong term to describe the corrupted form of our human nature called self that confuses us and makes it hard to love the enemies around us. It could even make us see friends as enemies and enemies as friends. We are to hate evil and even battle against it but today’s use of the term enemy in our culture has confused us from the depths of the real issue.
We have learned to come together as Pilot and Herod in Luke 23:12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends—before this they had been enemies. We often rally around what we are against which depends on fear, hatred, and suspicion.
No wonder we call evil good and good evil when we rely on our own wisdom. Isaiah 5:20
Light on my feet while grounded rather than high. Psalm 143:10
A result from neglecting spiritual disciplines leading to an undisciplined heart. Worry leads to moodiness which is a breakdown of affection. Psalm 55:22
A "stake" in the outcome. Revelation 3:20
What is needed is not pejorative labeling but loving counsel. Counsel to be kind to myself so I won't have to wait for kindness from others. I've seen the enemy and it's no longer me. Kiss good-bye polar extremes. Ecclesiastes 7:13-18
The puzzling yet powerful foolishness of the use of cross words gently. Galaltians 6:1-5,14-18