A few days ago, some of my co-workers asked me if my daughter and her ex is going to get back together?! Well, I do not have an idea what is going to happen next. I just said to them that I do know one thing, my daughter understands 1 Kor 13 a lot better than me and she is definitely the better person.
Over the weekend, I got my answer. God instructed Hosea to marry a prostitute (not relevant to their life story). God wanted to show us what Heaven's unconditional love looks like. Hosea's wife could not stay faithful to one man. She rejected him for strangers.
Although Hosea was hurt badly, God instructed him to re-affirm his love. He had to buy her from a slave block. She treated his love with contempt. Aside from what had happened, Hosea welcomed her back into his life and expressed his unconditional love.
This true story show how much God loves us. We, as human beings still reject God in many ways. Come on, be honest to yourself. We say we are Christians, but we still want to live the life we had before we became Christians. That is impossible and you all know that.
God always forgive our sins. He always respond with grace and mercy. God shows us what rejected love does - it stays faithful. It does not matter what we do, if we repent, ask God for forgiveness and are faithful to Him and ourselves, HE WILL FORGIVE US. because He stays faithful to His word.
God said in Luk 6:27-28 that we must love our enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you and pray for those who mistreat you. You will say: How is it possible to do that? I know, I have a problem myself in doing all this - after all, I am just a human being. You know, I think the problem lies in just that - we are to human. We do not love the way God loves. We do not forgive the way God forgives. Makes me think of the guy who owed a lot of money and the rich guy said to him that it is OK. He is free - imagine that. Then what did he do, asked money from a guy who owes him a lot less. Well, at the end he paid up very hard - with torture and paying the money back. This is in the Bible, so why is it so difficult for us to forgive? We sometimes say we forgive, but we will never forget. You know what, you did not forgive that person fully.
I think this is one of the big problems in the world. You cannot forgive your spouse for doing something he/she did. What is the next step? D I V O R C E. Forgive yourself and your spouse and work on your marriage. It is a precious gift from God. Do not just divorce. Ask God to help you to work through it. Maybe, just maybe you will realise that God can rectify everything. Anything and everything you need God to help you with - He will do it. I can assure you, whether it is unfaithfulness, married for the wrong reasons, etc. - nothing is impossible with God.
You can give all your love to your spouse (whether he/she deserves it or not), because will always love us and He will forgive us over and over again. Why is it so difficult for us human beings to love unconditionally? If God can do that, why can't we?
We must ask God to fill us with His love, understanding and let His light shine through us. That is the only way of surviving our earthly stay.
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