Jul. 20, 2009 - Am I a Mirror or a Sponge?
I had a revelation a while back. I saw how I have been like a hard, reflective surface when people throw hatred, anger, scoffing, jealousy, derision, unloving thoughts, lack of mercy and understanding at me. Like a mirror, I have reflected those thoughts and emotions right back at them. God does not want me to be cold and hard like a mirror, reflecting back on them what they threw at me.
He wants me to be more like a sponge full of His love. He desires for me to be so full of His love that I absorb the negative words or attitudes that have been aimed at me without being affected at all. The volume of His love in me should be so massive that I'm saturated with it and when I'm squeezed, the only thing that comes out is love. Those potentially harmful or deadly darts that the enemy launches at me through human agents should be overwhelmed and made totally ineffective by the all-encompassing love of God that I'm full of. His love in me should be so overflowing and powerful that, just like cancer cells, those negative thoughts, words, actions and emotions should be engulfed by the healthy white blood cells of God's love and destroyed without any impact on my soul or spirit whatsoever.
Lord, make me a sponge.
Change my heart from that cold, hard mirror.
Saturate me with Your love.
Comments
Jul. 30, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Interesting analysis. I've always wanted to be reflective. Reflective of his love. Reflective taking time to learn and process. But yes, we don't want to be cold and hard and easily offended.
Good prayer.
Peace to you,
Renae
http://lifenurturingeducation.com/
Jul. 30, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by penneyfromheaven
Hi Renae,
You're right that we should reflect God's love. But the Lord has been convicting me about the way I wait to see how someone is treating me, and then I treat them the same way. Instead I should always have a kind, warm, loving attitude from the start no matter how they treat me or what they think about me.
He finally sat me down and gave me that illustration, and it helped me to understand it better. I still need to work on putting it into practice.
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