Day Thirty Four: Finding Love in the Midst of A Storm
Today has been a particularly rough day for me. New restrictions are being put in place to restrict our freedom even further than it already is. Admittedly I did have a breakdown when I heard the news. I felt like kicking and screaming as we slipped even more into a police state. You might recall what I wrote yesterday, so you can understand my longing to go to my eternal home. I know I must accept that God's will may be radically different than mine. I am struggling not to hate the people responsible for these "police state" restrictions. I even called on curses on them. I do believe that they will get what they deserve for what they are doing. We all will be called into account for our actions.
Nowadays the concepts of being responsible and loving are being tested as never before. It is very hard to love someone who is acting like a dictator in enforcing regulations that make no sense. Believe me when I say I am trying. A friend of mine tried to put the current situation in perspective for me. She said that he was just following orders of someone "higher up". There comes a time, however, when you have to take charge and stand up. If this is the case, then he has a lot to answer for when he arbitrarily takes away a person's livelihood just so he can say "he made the state safe." Are you willing to give up your freedoms to be safe? No one is.
So how do you find love in the midst of this storm? I have been asking myself this question for a little while. The basic answer is that you find love in God. You call out to him. I remind myself of a verse I memorized as a little girl. John 3:16(KJV) which says: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Last week I did reflect on God's great love for us. I marveled that he could love us so much. It is times like this that we really need to understand that God does love us. It may not seem like it right now in the midst of this storm. You may be wondering right now why he is allowing this situation to escalate like this and allowing these government officials this much power over life and death.
I am struggling right now to apply the verses I read in John 13:34-35(KJV) which reads: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one to another." I do have to center my thoughts and get rid of the negative emotions that are roiling around in my brain right now. I have taken the first step in admitting that anger and frustration has ruled too long in my thoughts. Loving others that go out of their way to wreck people's lives is hard though. Yet I do have to ask myself what Jesus would do in the midst of this storm. Would he rally against the restrictions or accept them? I don't know.
Finding love in the midst of a storm isn't easy. Loving someone that has completely ruined your way of life is very difficult. I often wonder what others have done when their country was on the verge of socialistic collapse. Did they protest the actions of their governments or weep over the loss? I fear that we are all about to find out for ourselves what a socialistic government looks like. I do pray that I can release this bitterness that is plaguing my soul and truly forgive those that are putting us through this now.
Nowadays the concepts of being responsible and loving are being tested as never before. It is very hard to love someone who is acting like a dictator in enforcing regulations that make no sense. Believe me when I say I am trying. A friend of mine tried to put the current situation in perspective for me. She said that he was just following orders of someone "higher up". There comes a time, however, when you have to take charge and stand up. If this is the case, then he has a lot to answer for when he arbitrarily takes away a person's livelihood just so he can say "he made the state safe." Are you willing to give up your freedoms to be safe? No one is.
So how do you find love in the midst of this storm? I have been asking myself this question for a little while. The basic answer is that you find love in God. You call out to him. I remind myself of a verse I memorized as a little girl. John 3:16(KJV) which says: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Last week I did reflect on God's great love for us. I marveled that he could love us so much. It is times like this that we really need to understand that God does love us. It may not seem like it right now in the midst of this storm. You may be wondering right now why he is allowing this situation to escalate like this and allowing these government officials this much power over life and death.
I am struggling right now to apply the verses I read in John 13:34-35(KJV) which reads: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one to another." I do have to center my thoughts and get rid of the negative emotions that are roiling around in my brain right now. I have taken the first step in admitting that anger and frustration has ruled too long in my thoughts. Loving others that go out of their way to wreck people's lives is hard though. Yet I do have to ask myself what Jesus would do in the midst of this storm. Would he rally against the restrictions or accept them? I don't know.
Finding love in the midst of a storm isn't easy. Loving someone that has completely ruined your way of life is very difficult. I often wonder what others have done when their country was on the verge of socialistic collapse. Did they protest the actions of their governments or weep over the loss? I fear that we are all about to find out for ourselves what a socialistic government looks like. I do pray that I can release this bitterness that is plaguing my soul and truly forgive those that are putting us through this now.
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