As she went about life, she met a female friend who had an opposite way of showing concern. Each time she loved and cared, her friend will return it with a hardened surface. She suddenly began to feel like showing love, care and concern made her look weak. With this, she became the opposite of who she really is, she cares, loves and wants to show concern bt would rather lock it within her; she never wants it to show. Many years have rolled by but it appears she's getting worse. She knows she ought to change but she dreads appearing like she's weak. Now she's just soo hardened but she doesn't like it. What would you advice her to do?Remain Blessed!
She should leave dat friend coz she is killing her good virtues!
ReplyDeleteThis was what I had to say following the diverse responses this post received on my facebook wall: @all: I really am intrigued by the depths of comments here and I pray God blesses you all. She followed this thread closely and I believe she's learnt a lot from us. I have a few things to add to the existing contributions: I thought about how God feels; you know He loves us soo much but whether we're christians or not we do not accord Him same proportion of love as He does us. I imagine how He died, and gave us everything we need in life though some of us claim to love Him but not with our hearts, while others pass through life without recognizing His love. And does He stop loving us? No! Its really hard loving someone or people when they in turn take it for granted or worse still put up a hard shell. Whether we accept it or not, these reactions might threaten our love towards them. But yet again I think of this, who really wants to be appreciated and be approved of if not the flesh. Flesh loves drawing attention to itself, wants to be appreciated and then recoils back to the shell when not reciprocated. But if we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh, we will say 'none of these things move me.' If we show love not so that it be returned but so that God be seen through us, then there'll be no problem. My friend said 'it takes great strength to love, care, submit.... and cry.' Infact, God Himself is love personified and He sure isn't weak.
ReplyDeleteThe christian race is not an easy one but is made easy through the grace of God. We will be pushed, persecuted, taken for granted and spoken against, but we have to keep asking for a heart like that of Christ. A heart that is full of compassion,love and nothing wrong within. It might not happen all at once, but it sure will take shape once we try.