Love

[gumbo]

Love….is something that all religious beliefs are based on.
So if we truly love one another as brothers and sisters, then I don’t believe God cares how we believe.
I say this because all teachings in the Bible are clear, it’s not complicated. Love your brother! It’s as simple as that.
This sounds simple enough and the first thing that comes to mind,
is the teachings of Jesus.
You know ! The parable of the narrow road vs. the wide easy road.
Is it not easier to be mad and angered, ? to hate one another !
Is it not safer to hate and dislike… “than to love “?
To love, we have to open our hearts to one another, we must show compassion and have understanding.
But this makes us vulnerable to pain, pains we have all felt, pains that rip our insides out and bring us to our knees in tears.
And the betrayal, that makes us feel used and feel like the biggest fool in the world.
So sure it’s easier to build walls around our hearts, using bricks of anger and hatred. Hell we can build the walls so high no one can hurt us. We can build them so high, we can get lost behind them forever, saying there is no God, there is no good in people nor in the world.
But I myself can not live like that. No matter how much pain I have endured, no matter how much my heart has suffered because of the wrongful actions of others.
I can not live behind the wall of hate and anger, even though at times it seems a safer place to be.
I have lived behind the safety of those walls and I can tell you that it takes years to tear them down, however it only takes moments to build back up.
Then that special someone comes along that looks you in the eyes and tells you, that they love you, so you give your scarred up heart to them, and all the trust you have left in the world.
Then an act of betrayal or a lie and poof the wall is back in place. There is no God, there is no good in anyone nor in the world.
How can one say such evil words as I love you.
“Everything is Evil” !
No longer do I have patience for the guy talking to his wife, about their teenage daughter being pregnant, while he is driving 50 MPH in the fast line. He is now known as an Idiot ! “Get the Hell out of the way”.
No longer do I have compassion for anyone, that views life different than I. They have now all become. Hated !
“Everything is Evil” ! But still remains the same !
Funny thing is ! It’s the same wonderful world I was living in before I got hurt and put up the big ugly “I’m hurt wall“.
I know this is wrong of me, but will I be rewarded by God for knowing it’s wrong ?
Of course not. We are only rewarded by our actions, our love for one another, our compassion and understanding of life and everything in it.
The only thing complicated about God and life , is the many emotions of love.
So why is it, that when romantic love breaks our hearts, we become hardened to the rest of the world?
And why is it, when a non understandable senseless death happens to a loved one, we become caulis towards God?
God is always there for my pains. It is up to me to choose the path of love or hate .

 

[harleygirl]

Love….is something that all religious beliefs are based on.
So if we truly love one another as brothers and sisters, then I don’t believe God cares how we believe.

Gee.........nice words. Wish I could have read it a few years earlier when I was going through my divorce.

 

[gumbo]

Love….is something that all religious beliefs are based on.
So if we truly love one another as brothers and sisters, then I don’t believe God cares how we believe.

Gee.........nice words. Wish I could have read it a few years earlier when I was going through my divorce.

I did read it a few years ago when I was going through my divorce.
It's called the New Testament.

 

[BS Gal]

I love my hubby

 

[StarCat]

Gumbo

It's ashame everyone on the forums doesnt read the religion section, they could learn alot from your post. Thanks for posting it, it made me wanna be alot nicer tonight, when someone decides to give me crap.

 

[Kain99]

I truly beleive that we are all the same... We all bleed, we all ache, we all scream.

I don't know why we lash out like animals but we do.

I think the best we can do is wake up and see each other as one. Blood, sweat and tears. Ugly, fallible and weak.

Without this insight we are doomed.

 

[sleuth]

Love….is something that all religious beliefs are based on.
So if we truly love one another as brothers and sisters, then I don’t believe God cares how we believe.
I say this because all teachings in the Bible are clear, it’s not complicated. Love your brother! It’s as simple as that.
This sounds simple enough and the first thing that comes to mind,
is the teachings of Jesus.
You know ! The parable of the narrow road vs. the wide easy road.
Is it not easier to be mad and angered, ? to hate one another !
Is it not safer to hate and dislike… “than to love “?
To love, we have to open our hearts to one another, we must show compassion and have understanding.
But this makes us vulnerable to pain, pains we have all felt, pains that rip our insides out and bring us to our knees in tears.
And the betrayal, that makes us feel used and feel like the biggest fool in the world.
So sure it’s easier to build walls around our hearts, using bricks of anger and hatred. Hell we can build the walls so high no one can hurt us. We can build them so high, we can get lost behind them forever, saying there is no God, there is no good in people nor in the world.
But I myself can not live like that. No matter how much pain I have endured, no matter how much my heart has suffered because of the wrongful actions of others.
I can not live behind the wall of hate and anger, even though at times it seems a safer place to be.
I have lived behind the safety of those walls and I can tell you that it takes years to tear them down, however it only takes moments to build back up.
Then that special someone comes along that looks you in the eyes and tells you, that they love you, so you give your scarred up heart to them, and all the trust you have left in the world.
Then an act of betrayal or a lie and poof the wall is back in place. There is no God, there is no good in anyone nor in the world.
How can one say such evil words as I love you.
“Everything is Evil” !
No longer do I have patience for the guy talking to his wife, about their teenage daughter being pregnant, while he is driving 50 MPH in the fast line. He is now known as an Idiot ! “Get the Hell out of the way”.
No longer do I have compassion for anyone, that views life different than I. They have now all become. Hated !
“Everything is Evil” ! But still remains the same !
Funny thing is ! It’s the same wonderful world I was living in before I got hurt and put up the big ugly “I’m hurt wall“.
I know this is wrong of me, but will I be rewarded by God for knowing it’s wrong ?
Of course not. We are only rewarded by our actions, our love for one another, our compassion and understanding of life and everything in it.
The only thing complicated about God and life , is the many emotions of love.
So why is it, that when romantic love breaks our hearts, we become hardened to the rest of the world?
And why is it, when a non understandable senseless death happens to a loved one, we become caulis towards God?
God is always there for my pains. It is up to me to choose the path of love or hate .

Gumbo! Paragraphs are your friend.

 

[2ndAmendment]

Love….is something that all religious beliefs are based on.
So if we truly love one another as brothers and sisters, then I don’t believe God cares how we believe.
I say this because all teachings in the Bible are clear, it’s not complicated. Love your brother! It’s as simple as that.
This sounds simple enough and the first thing that comes to mind,
is the teachings of Jesus.
You know ! The parable of the narrow road vs. the wide easy road.

You miss something. All have sinned and must recieve by the grace of God the gift of salvation.

Romans 3:21-26

<sup id="en-NASB-28013">21</sup>But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, <sup id="en-NASB-28014">22</sup>even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

<sup id="en-NASB-28015">23</sup>for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

<sup id="en-NASB-28016">24</sup>being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

<sup id="en-NASB-28017">25</sup>whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

<sup id="en-NASB-28018">26</sup>for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

You are right that Christians are to love everyone including our enemies, but I think you miss the interpretation of the wide and narrow roads.

Matthew 7:13-14

<sup id="en-NASB-23330">13</sup>"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.


<sup id="en-NASB-23331">14</sup>"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Jesus was saying there is God's way and man's way and most people choose man's way. Jesus prescribes the way to the Father and His kingdom.

John 14:5-6

<sup id="en-NASB-26674">5</sup>Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"

<sup id="en-NASB-26675">6</sup>Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

This was after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus so He is revealing something He would not reveal prior to those events while He was preaching the sermon on the mount which is where much of the thought you post comes from.


God's way, the prescribed way, the narrow way, the narrow road, is salvation through Jesus.

 

[2ndAmendment]

I truly beleive that we are all the same... We all bleed, we all ache, we all scream.

My husband hates God and it hurts.

I don't know why we lash out like animals but we do.

I think the best we can do is wake up and see each other as one. Blood, sweat and tears. Ugly, fallible and weak.

Without this insight we are doomed.

God created man to fellowship with Him. When sin entered, the relationship was broken. The lack of fellowship with God leaves a hole in the spirit of mankind that many people try to fill with drugs, sex, alcohol, any thing but the only thing that will fill the hole, a relationship with God. God came as the Son of Man, Y'shua, Jesus to provide the way to establish holiness and a relationship with God.

Those that do not have that relationship still feel the hole, and they hate God and Christians, because they have a need that is not fulfilled.

 

[gumbo]

You miss something. All have sinned and must recieve by the grace of God the gift of salvation

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There you go again ! Let's try this.. we are born by the grace of God.
You know a miracle ! After that we may or may not sin.

You are right that Christians are to love everyone including our enemies, but I think you miss the interpretation of the wide and narrow roads

.I didn't miss a damn thing ! Stop acting like a computer program. You know everything, but apply logic to nothing.
The narrow path is the way to God and his Kingdom. His Kingdom is the city of love. God = Love. And the only way your gonna get there is though love.
Perhaps you shouldn't be so eager to be right and use more love and understanding.

God's way, the prescribed way, the narrow way, the narrow road, is salvation through Jesus.

There you go again with that pampas azz (Jesus is the only way crap ) I'm sure there will be those who have never heard of Jesus in heaven. As I am sure there be some Jews in heaven and some Buddhist and Muslims. As I'm sure there will be people who believe in Jesus swimming in the lake of fire.
Jesus = love and through love, is the only way your gonna get to heaven.

You have eyes but you can not see what Jesus was teaching.
How can one sin if they truly love?

 

[2ndAmendment]

Never mind. Keep on going down your wide road.

 

[Terps]

Thanks gumbo. After reading that it makes me want to be a lot nicer to everyone around me. It was actually a great way to start my Wednesday. Hopefully many people will read what you have written and be compassionate and love thy brother as well.