If we stream through the Internet, more often we see rage and anger than kindness and sweetness. We see people abusing one another without shame and rancour. I wonder what would happen if they came face to face! The reason we can hit out at each other so easily is because we lost honor for God and for ourselves. In that lost honor, we spurn other humans without a thought. If we truly belong to the true Living God, we will start to lean to hold in esteem all humans, simply because God made them. Of course, I don’t mean honoring a murderer or rapist walking backwards, but at least recognize that God made them too and perhaps we can lend a few prayers for them to repent and change. History and the Bible proves to us that prayers for others does transform and change things. Repentance revival comes through praying. Pray for one another, commands the Bible. All in all, if we are so focused on the wrongs and shortcomings in others, we will end up in a volley of hate speech and our perspectives become very puny and we will never pray.
The same goes for families, husbands and wives. We demand so much from each other, that we start judging each other, find fault with one another and complain 24/7. This will only stop with esteem!
Some of the things we can practically do to prevent ourselves getting into those diabolic spats are:
Start to esteem value yourself in God, in Christ. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you because you need a divine revelation. Know who you are in Christ, made in the image of God. Know you are a precious child of God. Let Him heal all wounds in your soul, that make you so angry (if you are!)
Think of responsibility…and think of our response to the world we are in. If we realize that we actually need to invest and pour into others, we will stop demanding our own gratifications. Think…we are made for a purpose..we share the Light, Love and Truth of Christ. We also show that Love, Light, and Truth more so to our families who many times we take for granted.
Start to pray for others. The minute you do, your perspective will enlarge and God will bless you because you are esteeming them, who He made in His image. The Bible says, Love your neighbor as yourself!
It is on this scale that healing comes to a home, and also our relationships with our neighbors around us, esteem spreads to a nation. This spirit of esteem releases healing balm to all around us. Yes, all that hate speech will be washed away and God can do miracles in hearts and lives.
God bless you!
Rita F. Kurian
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