Valentine's Day, as much as it seems to be a commercial strategy invented by the scheming marketeers, people still come together to celebrate their love and appreciation for one another...
You don't have to be attached or go for candlelit dinners to be involved in Vday, for the rest of us who are single and carefree, we should show love and concern to the people around us!
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Just felt let to write about this issue, which I've been pondering on for quite some time. This post is abit too cutesy for my liking, but I guess adding some pictures would liven up the reading a lil.
Not everybody is easily love-able or like-able, like your really tactful Hello Kitty without a mouth,
or your Mickey mouse, whose ears are always open so wide to hear you...
There are definitely times when you get offended by somebody's insensitive comments, irritated by one who has crossed over the boundaries, annoyed by another's know-it-all attitude, disappointed by a particular person's decisions...etc.
But we have to forgive, still.
We are to "be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of (our) love". (Eph 4:2)
We are all debtors of love.
And by holding a grudge towards a person, you can grieve the Holy Spirit.
"Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit and bind yourselves together with peace."Eph 4:3
Especially in church, we are one body, and in order for breakthrough to happen, we must be of one mind, one Spirit.
As imperfect humans, we might still continue to see the faults in the person who offended us and think about how they should do this or that...even thoughts like "Call yourself a Christian!" might run through our minds.
Remember Mt 7:3 "Why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?"
We're not to play Holy Spirit, but as we continue to judge ourselves and renew our thoughts and attitudes(Eph 4:23), we are able to grow to be more mature sons and daughters of God, and eventually measure up to the full stature of Christ.
Eph 4:16 "As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts to grow."
As leaders, we are to walk in the light and lead by example.
As we fine-tune our own character, let the Spirit within us influence the people around.
Ephesians 6:12
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
after reading all these, it might still be hard to forgive and forget.
Hold on,
Phil 2:13 (NLT)
"For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and power to do what He pleases."
You can forgive and forget, if you choose to.
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