Monday Truth in Deep Love🤗❤️🙏
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for on the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you”(From The Beatitudes, Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:11)
“Pray and love all people, even those who seem to be farthest away. Do not be afraid to pray for those who are your enemies. Do not harden your hearts, but walk through clouds of anger and bitterness and meet them with love, strength and mercy on the other side. There is no need to take justice into your own hands. There is no need to take prosecution to the full extent of the law. What are needed are contrite hearts, merciful hearts, patient hearts, and hearts of compassion.”(From Jesus to Gianna below)
“Be nice”(Dalton as portrayed by Patrick Swayze in Road House)
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There are people out there whom I will never likely see again, who have so disturbed me to the core of my being, that they make it really hard not to “hate” them.
The narcissists and “philosophical bullies” who can’t “keep it in their pants,” and constantly “show their @$$” for all the world to see, yet, our job as Christians is to “love” them. And pray for them.
How do we arrive at that “place” in our hearts and souls where the desire to pray for them and love them, as opposed to publicly verbally abusing them comes into play?
Most of all, how do we turn that anger into love, and place ourselves at the foot of the cross in submission, and turn them over to God, for they are as much His children as we are, even though they “walk in darkness” from our perspective?
Detachment from “the world” is a hard thing, as the world is constantly hurling obstacles at us, but it’s often that we must do just that, and retreat into prayer for our own humility, for our own humility is the only thing we really have control over. That, and the example we show others through that humility.
One daily practice we’ve put into play at our house is a reading of the “Litany of humility.” It can be found here.
It does help in the moment, but I do need prayers and practice, because my heart and mind fall out of the game pretty much every day, and I do have to constantly reel myself back in to that place of peace and love that passes all understanding. To humble myself, and remember how Jesus humbled Himself at a level which very few of us are capable.
To love our “Judases” and the bullies around us is something I suspect will always be a “work in progress” for me, but I am blessed to have enough love surrounding me, and in my life, that it does give my heart, soul, and mind a place to rest if I’m intentional about it. And if course, first and foremost, there’s Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega, The Way, The Truth, and The Life,” who is always near and dear, who gives us that Peace. He is Love incarnate, and the closer we remain to and in Him, the better we can turn that “hatred” into love. And the better we can remain “all in, and totally His.”
Let’s pray for each other in this, as I’m sure we all face these difficulties at times. That we can keep our souls pure and free of the temptation towards hatred, for God’s Kingdom is and always will be one of love. Its maintenance and endurance is up to us, and that can only happen through love.❤️🙏
(Reflection by Kenny Meek)
Excerpt from I Am Your Jesus of Mercy Vol V, Message from Jesus to Gianna Talone Sullivan
Lesson #30
In private chapel at home
November 11-12, 1995, midnight
RETURN TO GOD
Pray for all people. Pray and love all people, even those who seem to be farthest away. Do not be afraid to pray for those who are your enemies. Do not harden your hearts, but walk through clouds of anger and bitterness and meet them with love, strength and mercy on the other side. There is no need to take justice into your own hands. There is no need to take prosecution to the full extent of the law. What are needed are contrite hearts, merciful hearts, patient hearts, and hearts of compassion. Those who live My Word have hearts of love, mercy, patience and compassion. Those who do not live My Word have hearts of stone and live not in My world but in their own. You cannot serve two masters. Those who live by My Word of truth and love know that justice will be fulfilled at the hand of My Father. You cannot say you are a child of God, a chosen people, and then through words and actions contradict the law of love as I have given it to you. If you pray, you will know the truth, for the least contradiction to loving would cause inner division, for love and hate are not able to be mixed.