(Smile) As soon as I read:
Quote:
if tomorrow they woke up and seen the light... I would receive them with open arms, FORGIVE THEM as if nothing over these yeas has ever happened and forgive the way they have treated US. "
I knew what you would hear after that, dear, dear 'Mom (mornin' and peace to, my dear!) - LOLOLOL! Because it raises the question, what IF they DON'T wake up tomorrow, any time soon... or ever? And it shows "what" is being held ONTO (chagrin over "the way they have treated us"). Love, though, COVERS... a "multitude" of transgressions, yes?
I think what happens is that although we may THINK we're not holding "something" against another, what sometimes comes OUT of us shows we really are. Because our
words can show what is truly IN us ("out of the HEART'S abundance... the mouth SPEAKS").
That's why it is SO important to scrutinize oneself... UNDER THE "LIGHT" that is Christ. To properly DO that, though, we HAVE to be HONEST with OURSELVES about what's IN us. Notice, I didn't say "honest about what we SEE." That's because we don't always SEE what's IN us. Because... we don't always LOOK. Because... we don't always WANT to know ("Hey, I'm okay. I mean, at least I'm not like... as bad as..." whomever ELSE we're looking at (which shouldn't be the case - the ONLY person we should be looking at, besides Christ, is ourselves! Yet, so many live their lives "in comparison" to others, even stressing over what OTHERS do/don't do... how they do it... why they don't... etc. A whole of time spent doing that, some folks.)
When we DO look (at ourselves), however... we tend to see the
physical flaws (zits, wrinkles, scars, moles, shape, weight, height, nose, hands... we spend an INORDINATE amount of time looking at our physical bodies, some of us. Some spend even more looking at OTHERS' bodies!). BUT... we tend to turn our heads AWAY from looking at our SPIRITUAL flaws (and just like with the physical ones, we all spiritual flaws, too!).
But just the
opposite is what we SHOULD be doing:
forgetting the physical flaws (the flesh is of NO use at all) and TRYING to see the spiritual ones. Because we do the FIRST (look for physical flaws), however, we jump through all manner of "hoops" to "cover" them. With clothing and perfumes, colorings, make-up, adornments, accessories, etc. I remember once being a slave of make-up - would NOT leave the house without it! If I spent as much time listening to Christ, however, as I did applying makeup... oh, how much I could have heard... and sooner!
But that is not the "clothing" or covering we are SUPPOSED to be concerned with "putting on," is it? It's not our PHYSICAL nakedness that leaves us exposed... but our SPIRITUAL nakedness. Cover as much as we might our physical "wobbly bits," our SPIRITUAL bareness is never hidden from JAH's Word (Christ). Ever. For he IS alive, yes? So that, as written to the Hebrews:
"God's Word (Christ) is alive and energized, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating even to divide/partition/separate not only the soul (physical body) but also the spirit, the joints (of the physical body) AND marrow (where the blood in which dwells the spirit is generated), and is skilled in judging THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART. And NOTHING... IN CREATION... is NOT manifest... in HIS sight (he being that Word, Christ). EVERYTHING is naked and exposed before HIS (the Word's) eyes, with whom we have [an] accounting." Hebrews 4:12, 13[Of course, many misunderstand these verses. They think it's speaking about "the Bible" (as God's word), but it's not; it is speaking of God's WORD... Christ... who is alive. They make this mistake because they overlook the reference to "his" and "him". They also mistake THOSE references (to "his" and "him") as with regard to JAH Himself; but they are not. They are ALSO with reference to His Word... Christ. He to whom ALL authority... in both the physical AND spirit realms has been given. The "we" who have an accounting with him were those
Hebrews who were of his BODY. It was NOT a reference to ALL mankind. Because the REST of mankind must account to JAH Himself. Christ only requires an accounting from HIS sheep... the men GIVEN him... BY the Father. I digress.]
Adham thought he could literally hide from JAH... not only where he was but what he did. Nope. Because what's IN us is not hidden from the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH of Armies, and so not hidden from His Word, the HOLY One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah).
The WONDERFUL this is that, as you have shared here... we don't HAVE to have our spiritual "nakedness" cause us shame. We CAN "cover" it, put on "clothing," as it were. Before man, by putting on LOVE ("clothe yourselves with love")... and before JAH, by means of the blood of His Son. Both "covers" can be provided by Christ. The first, when HE shows us our "nakedness"... WHAT to "cover"... so that we can do so before others come to realize we're exposed. All we have to do is LISTEN when he does tell us. Not turn our faces... or ears... AWAY... but keep turning TOWARD him. If we do this we will hear him say, something to the effect of:
"Look! This (whatever the error is) has exposed you, child! You must put on 'clothing' there!"Again, that "clothing" is LOVE. And it covers... a MULTITUDE of transgressions: those of others who have transgressed against US... and ours, where we have transgressed against others... and, more particularly, against JAH.
Thank you for sharing YOUR experience... and allowing opportunity for the rest of us to consider our own circumstances.
As always, peace to you... and may JAH bless!
YOUR servant, sister, and FELLOW slave of Christ,
Shellama
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