I was just thinking about when someone talked bad about my kids or hurt them, how it hurt my heart to see them in pain. Seems like lately we at AFF have been talking bad about or hurting each other. And I got to thinking, maybe we should stop and think about who we are talking about, making snide comments, being rude and unkind to. We seem to think that we are not offending or hurting anybody. But we see some come and go because deep down someone hurt them, just to make a point. And we must be right or fight to the death in defense of our opinons. If some of y'all talked to one of my kids the way you talk to each other, I would really be angry and hurt.
So imagine how God feels when we talk about each other, and treat each other with disrespect. We are after all His children. I have seen people I have come to respect and feel like they are family treated worse than some of us would treat a dog. And I have felt the sting of unkind words myself.
So I will tell those of you who think it's funny or cute to zing someone, think about who you are offending. One or more of God's children. And those of you that are parents know, if you hurt my kids I hurt too. I do understand in the heat of battle defending our brother or sister, but in the process are we offending another brother or sister? If we are then we are hurting OUR Father.
I don't know if anyone cares or not, but this is how I feel. Maybe this should be in the blog section or whatever.
And if I have hurt or offended anyone, please tell me openly on the forum and I will apologize. Because I don't want to hurt our Father's heart.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
What it takes in my opinion to post on these forums is to be understanding of others. Yes, even to those that we presume to be rude or offensive. In most cases the emotion or spirit of the person doesn't come across in writing to well.
Or we have to understand that they firmly believe what they are writing and they get to emotionally wrapped up in the posting. Jesus called it like it was when dealing with people who were teaching false doctrine and some think they're doing the same thing.
Others are just plain troublemakers and write things to get a reaction out of others.
What it all boils down to is how are we personally going to respond? You can change the whole direction of a thread by staying positive and ignoring negativity in it. If people wouldn't respond to the offense then the offender would more and likely stop posting that way. Not all, but some would.
This forum is the wide world of pentecost and like just about anywhere outside of your home your going to get all kinds of people with different maturity levels. The main thing though is; how are you going to respond? That's all you can really change in forum land.
I was just thinking about when someone talked bad about my kids or hurt them, how it hurt my heart to see them in pain. Seems like lately we at AFF have been talking bad about or hurting each other. And I got to thinking, maybe we should stop and think about who we are talking about, making snide comments, being rude and unkind to. We seem to think that we are not offending or hurting anybody. But we see some come and go because deep down someone hurt them, just to make a point. And we must be right or fight to the death in defense of our opinons. If some of y'all talked to one of my kids the way you talk to each other, I would really be angry and hurt.
So imagine how God feels when we talk about each other, and treat each other with disrespect. We are after all His children. I have seen people I have come to respect and feel like they are family treated worse than some of us would treat a dog. And I have felt the sting of unkind words myself.
So I will tell those of you who think it's funny or cute to zing someone, think about who you are offending. One or more of God's children. And those of you that are parents know, if you hurt my kids I hurt too. I do understand in the heat of battle defending our brother or sister, but in the process are we offending another brother or sister? If we are then we are hurting OUR Father.
I don't know if anyone cares or not, but this is how I feel. Maybe this should be in the blog section or whatever.
And if I have hurt or offended anyone, please tell me openly on the forum and I will apologize. Because I don't want to hurt our Father's heart.
Sometimes, Sister, 1 think we forget what the Bible teaches about what it means to be a Christian.
Jesus said this:
Mat 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
Notice in particular the underlined part. When I disrespect a brother, I'm disrespecting the Lord. When I put down a sister, I'm putting down the Lord. When I speak without love to a brother, I'm doing so unto the Lord. Thats true even with those with whom I may disagree. At least thats the way I see things. I appreciate your post. Little gems like this are some of the reasons I keep coming back. But, to answer your question...yes, I think it grieves God's heart when we are not as loving and longsuffering as the Spirit of Christ leads us to be.
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
I was just thinking about when someone talked bad about my kids or hurt them, how it hurt my heart to see them in pain. Seems like lately we at AFF have been talking bad about or hurting each other. And I got to thinking, maybe we should stop and think about who we are talking about, making snide comments, being rude and unkind to. We seem to think that we are not offending or hurting anybody. But we see some come and go because deep down someone hurt them, just to make a point. And we must be right or fight to the death in defense of our opinons. If some of y'all talked to one of my kids the way you talk to each other, I would really be angry and hurt.
So imagine how God feels when we talk about each other, and treat each other with disrespect. We are after all His children. I have seen people I have come to respect and feel like they are family treated worse than some of us would treat a dog. And I have felt the sting of unkind words myself.
So I will tell those of you who think it's funny or cute to zing someone, think about who you are offending. One or more of God's children. And those of you that are parents know, if you hurt my kids I hurt too. I do understand in the heat of battle defending our brother or sister, but in the process are we offending another brother or sister? If we are then we are hurting OUR Father.
I don't know if anyone cares or not, but this is how I feel. Maybe this should be in the blog section or whatever.
And if I have hurt or offended anyone, please tell me openly on the forum and I will apologize. Because I don't want to hurt our Father's heart.
I agree Sister
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Rom.8:38,39-For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither heigth nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Renda, I really don't envy you and the rest of the Admin team. How to balance things out has to be a lot of hard work. But I am glad y'all are here.
You know, except for that nameless guy.........
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I was just thinking about when someone talked bad about my kids or hurt them, how it hurt my heart to see them in pain. Seems like lately we at AFF have been talking bad about or hurting each other. And I got to thinking, maybe we should stop and think about who we are talking about, making snide comments, being rude and unkind to. We seem to think that we are not offending or hurting anybody. But we see some come and go because deep down someone hurt them, just to make a point. And we must be right or fight to the death in defense of our opinons. If some of y'all talked to one of my kids the way you talk to each other, I would really be angry and hurt.
So imagine how God feels when we talk about each other, and treat each other with disrespect. We are after all His children. I have seen people I have come to respect and feel like they are family treated worse than some of us would treat a dog. And I have felt the sting of unkind words myself.
So I will tell those of you who think it's funny or cute to zing someone, think about who you are offending. One or more of God's children. And those of you that are parents know, if you hurt my kids I hurt too. I do understand in the heat of battle defending our brother or sister, but in the process are we offending another brother or sister? If we are then we are hurting OUR Father.
I don't know if anyone cares or not, but this is how I feel. Maybe this should be in the blog section or whatever.
And if I have hurt or offended anyone, please tell me openly on the forum and I will apologize. Because I don't want to hurt our Father's heart.
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