How to Love in Challenging Times… [a true story]
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“It’s a bad day for beautiful trees.” I said to the foreman as we stood there assessing the damage. The cuts already made… and the damage done. Alas, there was no turning back. What once was a tree that brought me immense joy in a season of hard was now mangled beyond repair. And would soon be gone, forever.
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I’d like to say “I kept my complete Christlikeness in check,” but I’d be lying… The condition of my heart wrecked in the fury of amputated limbs. Amends were made [on both parts], but the reminder remained. The challenge “to love” rarely announces itself in a moment of loveliness. Grace for the foreman. Grace for the ill-tempered woman. And grace-upon-grace for the tree trimmer who took a hatchet to a scalpel’s job!?
Friends, don’t allow challenges to derail your Christlikeness. Instead use your [love] challenge, to…
“Wear God’s love. It is your all-purpose, basic garment. Never be without it.” – Col. 3:14
“To be so full of God’s love, I no longer fathom speaking an unkind word or committing an unkind deed.” This is my quest, join me?!
The Love Challenge is a strategy for accepting the greatest challenge ever issued to mankind—loving a broken, unlovable world one challenge at a time. I can’t guarantee you it will be easy, but I can promise you it will be totally worth it!
To accept The Love Challenge, join the #tlcjourney, and download your free mini-devotional, visit the link. https://rachelwrains.com/the-love-challenge/ 💕