REMEMBER LOVE

Its Sunday morning, I ought to prepare to go to church but am not because am feeling condemned. Its ‘amazing’ how a human being can destroy themselves by what they allow to linger in their heads. See, I woke up alright but I allowed this negative thoughts cloud my mind and now I feel like crap!

It must be a mini-judgment day for me, everything I have ever done wrong came crawling out of the forbidden corner in my head, the corner where I store all the things I ever did wrong, the corner I should have gotten rid of long ago, a corner that was dealt with the moment I said yes to God, 2^nd Corinthians 5:17...whoever is in Christ, is a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come! I still don’t know why that corner exists in the first place. Quoting and re-quoting Romans 8:1…therefore there is now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus has not helped at all. So am doing what I do best-write- and hope God speaks to me. It won’t be the first time for him to speak to me through my own writing!

Danny Gokey sang in his song, more than you think I am...  rumor has it there is a gavel in my hands, am only here to condemn… that’s what am doing…that’s what we all do!

Love does not condemn.

We picture God as this huge man seated on some throne with a stern look, like some mathematics teacher, with a cane on his hand…no in fact since he is God, in that case he would be caring a club, the kind that crushes you by just looking at it!

When we pray, we doubt if he ever responds because in our heads, we expect him to respond with thunder, lightning  and a rumbling huge voice that shakes the entire planet…but really, he speaks and responds in the most  subtle and unlikely way…in that still small voice in our heads that we always chose to ignore

As I write this, God is speaking to me, in that still small voice I hear him say, remember love, remember how he died for you, how he is constantly thinking of you, close your eyes and picture the angels surrounding you, holding hands interceding for you. Yea, I know the devils laughter is loud and disrupting, he stupidly thinks he is winning, but focus on me, focus on love…kind, patient unconditional love. You did not respond to love when it beckoned, so love came to you instead.  you didn’t have to ask for it, love loves you so much to wait for an invite, love gave where you needed, love healed where you were sick, clothed you when naked, covers  you when  cold, wipes your tears when you cry, is the only available shoulder to lean on. Love carries you when you get tired, feeds you when hungry, takes in your insults silently and never gives up on you even when you give up on yourself, never leaves however much you pushed it away. Love died for the sins you have not even committed yet.

Then he said, whenever you feel condemned for any mistake you ever did…REMEMBER LOVE… 1st peter 4:8…love covers a multitude of sin.

picture courtesy google.

big thanks to Danny Gokey, his song inspired this.