I was reading part of "One Thousand Gifts" last night and I read, "Nothing happens to you except by the will of God, and yet [God's] beloved children curse it because they do not know if for what it is." This, she calls, is blasphemy. I was challenged by this because I tend to complain to God about my circumstances, or about the way He made me. "God, I am not fun enough.", "Why did you make me so emotional?", "Why is this happening?", "Do you care about me at all?" But everything that happens, and everything that He creates is part of His will. If I question that, or if I curse those things, I am calling the God of the universe wrong and ignorant. But He is great, right, and all-knowing.
The author goes on to talk about the power of love. She asks, "Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love?" This is also blasphemy she says, because by saying anger is more effective we are saying that Satan's ways are more powerful than God's ways. This year I want to work on kindness. I have not thought much about kindness in my life. I always thought that I tend to be a nice person so it is not an issue really. But kindness is different than just being nice. I want to choose love when I am angry with someone. Choosing love over choosing frustration and fury. I want to be patient and wait because of the love I have for that person. I am sorry to all of you that I have acted out in anger toward. That is not right. Love is much more powerful than anger. Praise God that He chooses to love me, even in my sin. If He chose anger over love, I would not have been saved by the death and resurrection of His Son! Amen
Gift of Love today- I had to write a paper where I had to design an experiment with multiple variables and statistical research, and I had no idea what I was doing. I asked the Lord for help, and I just turned it in a few minutes ago. Thank you Lord for that gift!
Happy Sunday!
Hannah