Do your children ever direct screams of, "I HATE YOU!!!!!!" at their struggling sibling?
Do they whisper, "i hate you" under their breath so that only their sibling can hear?
Do they tell you during quiet times that they hate their sibling?
The response must always be this...
I understand how you are feeling. The Lord understands.
Hate is a heavy thing to carry.
Hating actions/behavior/sin is okay. Hating people is not.
The Lord has made us a family. Forever we will be a family. He did not make a mistake when He made us a family. He is in this.
Our hatred exposes ugliness in our own hearts. Wretchedness.
We must hate only what the Lord hates.
We must turn our hate over to the Lord.
We will always be tempted to justify the hate we sometimes feel. We will be tempted to give it living room. Allow it space. Tolerate it. Even nurture it in ourselves and in others.
Fear not.
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Here's the really hard part. Sometimes we can scream "I hate you"...without ever saying a word.
The Lord knows. And the person who is hated knows too.
Do they whisper, "i hate you" under their breath so that only their sibling can hear?
Do they tell you during quiet times that they hate their sibling?
The response must always be this...
I understand how you are feeling. The Lord understands.
Hate is a heavy thing to carry.
Hating actions/behavior/sin is okay. Hating people is not.
The Lord has made us a family. Forever we will be a family. He did not make a mistake when He made us a family. He is in this.
Our hatred exposes ugliness in our own hearts. Wretchedness.
We must hate only what the Lord hates.
We must turn our hate over to the Lord.
We will always be tempted to justify the hate we sometimes feel. We will be tempted to give it living room. Allow it space. Tolerate it. Even nurture it in ourselves and in others.
Fear not.
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Here's the really hard part. Sometimes we can scream "I hate you"...without ever saying a word.
The Lord knows. And the person who is hated knows too.
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