Jesus wept! I thought we were all better than this. If I didn't know any better I would think I was sitting among heartless Demonrats reading the vitriol.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.
The only way to win this is to trust in the Lord and obey him. That even means loving your enemies and praying for them. Jesus was pretty clear about all that.
After the election, it was kind of a wake up call for me about how much hate I was holding on to. “be angry and do not sin”. Doesn’t mean you cant be angry at the wickedness, but you can’t let it conquer you. “Do not let the sun go down on your anger”. I was definitely allowing that to happen.
Hate the sin but not the sinner. With hate in our hearts we can only create more hate. Look at Donald Trump's statement about his death. We aren't better than them, we aren't "better" than people who don't see the truth yet. Those who don't know and don't know that they don't know, we should have pity on them, not contempt.
Right there with you, fren. Thanks for speaking up. Every life lost is a tragedy. Sometimes the tragedy just begins before the date of death. It's still sad. Deeply so.
Speaking more hopefully, maybe we'll see good come from this if we pray. God knows who is guilty of what, so He can make things right, too.
Jesus wept! I thought we were all better than this. If I didn't know any better I would think I was sitting among heartless Demonrats reading the vitriol.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
Proverbs: 24:17-18
The only way to win this is to trust in the Lord and obey him. That even means loving your enemies and praying for them. Jesus was pretty clear about all that.
After the election, it was kind of a wake up call for me about how much hate I was holding on to. “be angry and do not sin”. Doesn’t mean you cant be angry at the wickedness, but you can’t let it conquer you. “Do not let the sun go down on your anger”. I was definitely allowing that to happen.
Hate the sin but not the sinner. With hate in our hearts we can only create more hate. Look at Donald Trump's statement about his death. We aren't better than them, we aren't "better" than people who don't see the truth yet. Those who don't know and don't know that they don't know, we should have pity on them, not contempt.
Right there with you, fren. Thanks for speaking up. Every life lost is a tragedy. Sometimes the tragedy just begins before the date of death. It's still sad. Deeply so.
Speaking more hopefully, maybe we'll see good come from this if we pray. God knows who is guilty of what, so He can make things right, too.