If I think of the things that bother me, maybe someone's negative comment, an inconsiderate act, worry, difficulty, family situations, or things going on in our world, it's like adding links to a chain. This chain gets heavier, wraps itself around me, and weighs me down. What if, one by one, I broke the links to that chain by sending out love?
That cruel comment. It doesn't do any good to hold on to that. Whoever said it has issues of his/her own. That person spoke out of his/her own pain and insecurities. What if I acknowledge it for what it's worth - a cruel comment and then pray for that person, sending out love and peace?
The same goes for any inconsiderate act or situation to which I have no control. I can control, however, how I respond. What good does it do to respond with hatred? I'm just adding more hatred to the world - the very thing we don't need. What if, instead, I respond with love? What a difference that will make in my own being, in the situation, and in how I relate to the other people involved.
Instead of letting things or people or comments or situations weigh us down, as if adding links to a chain, let us respond with love.
Take a look at Romans 12:9-21 on mutual love.
Thank you for posting this. It seems simple but sometimes we need to have it spelled out again. i was actually tossing & turning last night thinking of various bad things that have happened, so I really needed this wonderful reminder (especially the Bible verse).
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beautiful. got me thinking. thank you.
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