The pillars of Love
The pillars of love are: Forgiveness, Sacrifice, and Submission.
Forgiveness is probably the one that we talk most about, but really know very little of the truth of forgiveness. Most of us really can't forgive ourselves, let alone anyone else. We don't realize that nothing that we have done or have been done to us, even this very day matters. We are dead, totally and completely dead. There should be no idea of the previous identity left at all. For what we are is the glory of Jesus, manifest in this earth, or at least that's what we are supposed to be. We honestly have to separate ourselves from the sins that our flesh still lives in. Our souls are now one with God, not our flesh. When we live in the guilt of our flesh, we put our self at the throne of the temple of God. Learning to forgive ourselves and our neighbors is the first key to truly understanding love.
Sacrifice is something that some of us know a lot about, and some of us know little. Sacrifice is not self-serving. So if you do community service, or are involved in any community project, but receive praise or recognition of any kind, if what you do brings you esteem, than you have receive your reward for your work, and in that reward you have not sacrificed. Sacrifice is the giving of yourself, to a point that you are beyond inconvenienced; you are neglecting your own interests.
When we hear summation, the first thing that comes to most of our minds is a good wife. This could possibly be one of the reasons that the feminist movement has been so powerful over the last 100 years. Men, above all else the chief servant in the home needs to be us. We have no right to even think of a woman submitting to us, they will under the example that we set. More than likely any woman that has problems with submission really has a lack of submitted men in her life showing her how to live. Did what I just say strike you with anger? Did you just think in your head that I am a fool? This is due to an idol in your heart. How do I know this? Jesus is our best example. As Jesus submitted himself to the church, so we as men need to submit to our wives, and love them. All sins come through the head, so men, if your wife is a pain, and your children do not listen, you need to look at yourself and figure out how you are failing them, not raise your voice or your hand. I am not saying that we should not bring correction to our homes; I'm stating that this correction must start with us.
If we can come to an understanding of what forgiveness, sacrifice, and submission, we have a chance to one day understand what Love is, and therefore understand who God really is.
Forgiveness is probably the one that we talk most about, but really know very little of the truth of forgiveness. Most of us really can't forgive ourselves, let alone anyone else. We don't realize that nothing that we have done or have been done to us, even this very day matters. We are dead, totally and completely dead. There should be no idea of the previous identity left at all. For what we are is the glory of Jesus, manifest in this earth, or at least that's what we are supposed to be. We honestly have to separate ourselves from the sins that our flesh still lives in. Our souls are now one with God, not our flesh. When we live in the guilt of our flesh, we put our self at the throne of the temple of God. Learning to forgive ourselves and our neighbors is the first key to truly understanding love.
Sacrifice is something that some of us know a lot about, and some of us know little. Sacrifice is not self-serving. So if you do community service, or are involved in any community project, but receive praise or recognition of any kind, if what you do brings you esteem, than you have receive your reward for your work, and in that reward you have not sacrificed. Sacrifice is the giving of yourself, to a point that you are beyond inconvenienced; you are neglecting your own interests.
When we hear summation, the first thing that comes to most of our minds is a good wife. This could possibly be one of the reasons that the feminist movement has been so powerful over the last 100 years. Men, above all else the chief servant in the home needs to be us. We have no right to even think of a woman submitting to us, they will under the example that we set. More than likely any woman that has problems with submission really has a lack of submitted men in her life showing her how to live. Did what I just say strike you with anger? Did you just think in your head that I am a fool? This is due to an idol in your heart. How do I know this? Jesus is our best example. As Jesus submitted himself to the church, so we as men need to submit to our wives, and love them. All sins come through the head, so men, if your wife is a pain, and your children do not listen, you need to look at yourself and figure out how you are failing them, not raise your voice or your hand. I am not saying that we should not bring correction to our homes; I'm stating that this correction must start with us.
If we can come to an understanding of what forgiveness, sacrifice, and submission, we have a chance to one day understand what Love is, and therefore understand who God really is.
posted by Zack Dawley at 10:43 PM
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