13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
I don't always think of it that way, that is a sweet way to see it.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
People have ruined this. It's a cool thing to say and mean it, but with all the kooks out there on sidewalks saying this to people who pass by, it almost sounds radical.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
These verses are why I needed to read this. There is fear in the love Chris and I have because I love him tons but I am scared at the same time. It's unwarranted, but it's there. I am afraid of the pain. I need to figure out how to fix it.
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2 comments:
sounds so familiar... I get tied up in knots with myself. I'll say: work out more, eat better, get better, come on it isn't that hard. But why is it so tough? That only leads to me beating myself up over so many failures to do so many simple things.
It seems that all I want to do is fix myself, and can't think of helping others until I'm fixed.
'confess that Jesus is the Son of God' I'm going to change that 'confess that Britta is a daughter of God' 'confess that my brother Scott is a son of God.' Jesus is more like the culmination of what we should be. We are 'the Son of God'. We would grovel on the floor if a dignitary were to visit, but our neighbor, brother, spouse, child... we don't hold these in such esteem. It's like when we depreciate anybody else, we are depreciating ourself.
The whole of the scriptures seems to point that we should love others as ourselves. Give of our time to others and our needs will be met. I don't trust that others will take care of me. What if I try it and find the world full of selfishness... I need to take care of myself first so that I can take care of others. Sounds reasonable, doesn't it, but it isn't what Jesus taught. I have a hard time letting go of trying to fix myself first. But I have found that God takes care of me if I stop focusing on myself and work on things that help others. Focusing on myself is self-destructive.
For the married couple, I'd believe it is a bit expanded, meaning focusing on the relationship destroys the relationship. It's like how it says join spouse to become one flesh. Focus on others and the God will take care of the relationship.
This could be confusing. I hope not. I feel like I needed these kinds of thoughts. They wouldn't have come if I weren't trying to share them.
It's like when you are sad or feeling icky and depressed and the advice is to do service for others. Thinking and obsessing about the problem makes it worse.
I may be off base here, but I think you have to focus on the relationship some, but not obsess. Otherwise it might get neglected and that's not good either.
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