No matter how miserable or bitter you can feel at times or how badly things seem to be going, it always feels great when you get to love others and bless them. Doing something special for others especially when you feel worst can make you feel best. Going the one extra stretch to help others and care about them is wonderful. God was miserable, His people turned against Him and hurt Him. And yet He sent His one and only son to save those people who hurt Him! Think about that when you think your life is miserable. The last 2 weeks have not gone at all how I thought, planned or hoped they would. But does that mean I should instead sulk in all my sadness and be negative and horrible towards others. NO! Instead I should feel humbled and blessed and use what I have learned and felt to love others and heal their pain. Gods not dead. He didn't give up. We shouldn't give up other. The little things don't stop us. Satan can't stop us. God can make us do bigger things. Sundays are my favorite days right now because God is consistently there and I am consistently there and happy! Let God teach you in our sad times and lead us to caring about others.
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34 NIV).
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. (1 John 4:19-21 NIV).
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: (Philippians 2:3-5 NIV).
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 NIV).
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