Romans 12:9-21
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Romans 12:9-21
Let love be genuine.
Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
No one loves traffic jams.
No one loves being stuck.
No one loves the un beauty of traffic jams. No one likes to face others waiting upon them.
No one likes to feel
trapped.
I read children in Southeastern Asia, a hundred years ago, did not have to wear clothing until age 5. And to watch the children trying on clothes for the first time was to see a young animal, taken from doting mother and playful, loving, entertaining siblings. And put in a cage and being told this is life. (I don't like the analogy of dogs in crate boxes. A dog in a box. The Gospels tell us to Preach to ALL of Creation!) The children cry and throw themselves on the ground. Tear clothing, many do not have the tactile strength to tear. The children go silent. They sit and stare. Many do not eat. Many lose all control over bladder and bowel. And their parents stand back and pray they do not become mentally damaged permanently. The article said as the times became more modern, the parents would demonstrate beautiful articles of clothing for the child to want to adorn themselves similarly.
No one loves being placed jammed up.
My adult son was in quandary, what to do about having 2 Husky puppies, active and would be mentally deranged to be boxed up behind bars. He took Walmart pen fencing and purchased 3 to 5 and created a den room within his apartment living room. The furniture was protected outside the fencing. To stand on their sleeping and play trampolines, they could be still and see all the outdoor views. My son had chosen to live on a retaining pond, where other apartment dwellers walked their dogs. Wildlife came to drink or swim. And then he set up Wyze cameras and could speak to them to find if they were sleeping, playing, observing or barking to bother others. Fortunately, both side apartments were empty.
A Good Man allows the oxen to graze during the work of plowing. Proverbs of Solomon. Dogs in boxes are unkind. We wouldn't like to go to the zoo and see animals in a box all day. Applauding the zoos with skywalks for the bigger animals. Innovation worth seeing.
And here I will mention Fossil Rim Wildlife Center to go on a Safari, seeing their animals. Somervell County, Texas.
Being Grateful.
To be on time. To have preparedness to create healthy entertainment with audiobooks or prayers. Instruction. Time to talk on the phone with those we love. Time to be still.
Grateful not to live in the midst of suicide bombers and retaliation bombs.
Grateful not to live in the midst of endless and unsolvable, generational war.
People warped and twisted beyond what was imagined for their promising young years. Doing horrible and unacceptable actions. Guilt they came to love and embrace as their specialness and gift to their children as well. Secrets to change and part us from being the Family of God.
I was in a Bible Study for many years. We joked we were the Church of, “I have reached retirement and my parents are in their early 90s.”
Each week, the prayers were for their parents to enjoy life and the extended time. As the next 10 years went by, the caregiver children in their 70s wanted their homes to be without dire, relentless healthcare. Doing invasive measures to sustain life that did not move, did not get out of bed, due to fragile old age. Another elderly parent thought they had murdered their roommate. Delusion. Fear. Overwhelming fear of hallucinations of SWAT Teams. Another parent had her husband pass on. Their house of 65 years was sold. She stood in the hallway of the Nursing Home and refused to do anything but scream for escape. Their prayers continued, in the same words of peaceful life.
Until one day, they prayed. For their good parents, fragile, 100-year-old parents would experience the Glory of God's Love and Kingdom. Today. To escape their bodies and refresh and release their children with Love and Tenderness of Jesus Himself.
And in the next 2 weeks, all the parents left the monotonous prayer and went to Heaven Triumphant as the faithful, elderly people they had always been. Many funerals for the extremely aged.
Love and prayer must be sincere.
When we put out platitudes, we think the plaster saints would love. We can expect to be trapped like plaster statues. Finally, with Love must be Sincere, their parents began to experience The Joy of The Kingdom of God.
One of the adult children invited her mother to live in her living room window. And her mother stayed for over 12 years. Due to being unable to get out of bed. No vacations. Assisted van trips to doctors office. She called her sister to cry, her 70th decade would be so intense. Her mother was still a loving, lovable woman, but if this kindly, elderly parent had known what the sister felt like after 12 years, she would have prayed to the Lord to go Home. Love and Loyalty Steadfastly Given. And when properly prayed over, a salvation for the entire family.
Overcome Evil with good. Pray for Justice. Pray for Mercy. Pray for the finality of Peace.
Pray for His Love to make Peace.
And always sincerely.
And when overwhelmed, pray for His Actions.
Live within Truth and His Love.
The Lord has life and eternal life in His Hands. This is His Work. For Good. For Goodness and Righteousness. Faithful prayers. Peace. His Glory. Eternal Salvation. To meet our Savior Jesus Christ.
To be grateful for traffic jams that do not look like bombing the innocent.
Realize Peace in shreds. Lies permeate war.
It is Evil. Craving the cessation of Peace. To disrupt, to cause fear, to overwhelm. To love harm and secret plots. Twist the next generation. For malice. Is Evil. To hope for the warping of others and their warp of families. Evil. The lies and duplicity of fake piety. Point fingers of lies. Not want justice.
Instead Peace Eternal.
The wars stretch to generations
Innocents are wiped out with lies and malice spoken.
Fears are played up and rubbed in.
To the point, it is more than this level. Heaven, Heavenly Host and Eternal Living Family Pray. Far beyond what we see.
Please pray peace upon our family.
Grateful for the blessings of Peace and Time. His Miracles daily. Amen.
Overcome extreme evil with the Goodness of God.
Do not plot. Do not bomb. Don't create any tension the other could play off in the privacy God allows us all. Allow the Goodness of our Father, working the Plan of His to call the earth His good creation and the fullness of His Plan.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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