LUV, LUV AGAIN, LUV SOME MORE!

Happy Thursday fam! Let's tap into the well...

This week I felt a pressing in my spirit to clean things up in my life. There were a few loose ends via relationships that I needed to repair in order to remove any fault from my hands. The first, my mother. She and I NEVER had a relationship for a number of reasons. One, she never connected with me even in the womb, so upon my arrival, the disconnection continued. I invited her to the hospital in April when I gave birth to her only grandchild, and things ended REALLY ugly. However, although I knew in my heart that I didn't hate her, I realized she isn't someone I want to have physical contact with. I thought it was only right to allow her to see my daughter. I stopped by and upon walking through her threshold, I was overwhelmed with a spirit of emptiness, lacking love. The atmosphere was so empty and although Lyric is only 3months, she too sensed something out of the ordinary. She screamed, cried and wrapped her arms around my neck which is completely out of her character. Nonetheless, I knew in my spirit regardless, the love I wasn't shown, I needed to extend Christs' love any way.

I shared that story to expose a spirit that has heavy presence on this earth and that is HATRED! We as a people are privy to hate one another before loving, and it should not be that way. We have all had experiences where a person has wronged us to the point of not even wanting to pass by them even in heaven. John 3:16 says God loved us so much that He sacrificed Jesus for the sins of the world. (paraphrasing) The scriptures also tell us that love covers a multitude of sins. Yes we have been taught that love stimulates from the heart, but I'm more inclined as a Christian to believe love comes from the soul. The heart can be deceitful above all things, but a soul that belongs to Christ has His motives foremost. Although we sin, and commit fleshly acts, the truth still resides within the soul. LOVE is very much a verb! People frivolously say they love another all of the time. But true love is shown more than spoken. Honestly, I have not a desire to have any dealings with my mother or my daughter's father, and if my flesh were my boss, I would erase them from my life completely. However, I belong to a God who sacrificed His only child for me, therefore I must love them regardless. Because I recognize God lacks glory from a "consistent" physical relationship with them I keep a distance, but when I am to share space with them, I can exhibit the love of Christ which isn't offensive. WOW! What a mature lesson! Start this moment and love those in spite of how they treat you. You don't want any of your blessings blocked from foolish pride, because that's what HATRED is, one being too prideful foolishly to forgive and allow love to move you past the circumstance. LOVE, LOVE AGAIN & LOVE SOME MORE!

CHALL