It is beautiful in theory. It is even more beautiful when acted out. Longsuffering. Forgiveness. Patience. Encouragement. Support. All these things come to mind when I think of what unconditional love looks like. Most of all, I see the image of Jesus with the prostitute in my mind. She had done wrong in the eyes of God and man, deserving of punishment, fearful of the reactions of man and what does Jesus do? He loves her, forgives her and restores something within her that no one but her can see. We're called to be like that with one another? Why? Because we are called to be like Christ.
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When there must be a distinct barrier between good, bad, right, wrong, accepted, and rejected; what type of line is best? I was recently asked the question, “if you had a deadline that was supposed to be met by someone else, but they called and said that life, work, and stress had put them behind – they need extra time: Would you allow them the time?”
When God first gave me this word I thought if I ever shared it that it would be perfect for my married girl friends. This came about at a terribly difficult season in my marriage...one that I'm thankful to be on the other side of now. It seemed like I was walking through junk every direction I turned and every attack just added more weight and obscured my vision more and more. I was looking at my husband with eyes filtered by the struggles we faced. I was fighting with him, not fighting for him....
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