Upon contemplating this life adventure I'm on, I wondered about the different people, or objects we turn to to try and find love and acceptance. Many look to the exhilarating rush brought about by there fix of drugs to try and dull the miseries of life and bring light to a sad situation. Many others look to cigarettes and their supposed "Calming Effect" to try and bring this release from reality... Still others are sitting in a bar, or even at home, staring into the bottom of a beer glass... searching for something more... something better...
The world turns to drugs, alcohol, sex and who knows what else in an effort to find this love and acceptance. Little do they know, it is to be found not with a bottle in hand or an injection in one's arm, but on a bended knee, in humble submission before God... It is found not in Christians, but in the one they serve... No Christian can even guarantee you a constant love or acceptance, because they themselves are merely human... It is in Christ himself that this love and acceptance will be found. No human could ever love as perfectly as he did!
Love is both a choice and an action. It chooses to put aside that which is a priority to itself, in honour of the one it serves. It is a selfless act... This is who Jesus Christ is: someone who gave up everything for us-the ones he loves. HE accepts and loves us as we are! He calls us to himself so that He can complete us...
Even as a Christian, I often search for something more (why?- I don't even know). But this "something more" is found in actions of good intent: visiting an elderly person, giving people lifts to church, hosting a missionary in your home- anything to try and win the Approval of People. My observation and experience in this regard is that we are never satisfied once we have done a certain "Act of good intent" because we are not satisfied with the response we receive from people... Don't get me wrong here, doing these "Acts of good intent" are amazing and encouraging, but our motive should instead be to bring honour and glory to Christ through what we do! To "Make much of God..."
And so I leave you with a thought... Where are you searching for love and acceptance? Eternal love and acceptance can only be found in Christ!
And so the squire continues in training...
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Brett, I really appreciate your post and your challenge. I'm glad you've started this blog journey. :) so easy to look for love and acceptance via performance. Whether it's feeling worth enough, or feeling perfect, or doing enough, I'm so prone to ME ME ME. :) What's crazy is that Jesus understands this and ever lives to plead for us, that'd we'd figure out daily the very thing you've shared. Life is found in Jesus, not me. Thanks for sharing and reminding me of the source and completion of my cravings.
(love your description two, fellow padowan)
thanx soo much for sharing that brett:)really enjoyed reading it:)Wow..God has lots in store for us all:)So excited to see Him complete the work He's begun in each of us.So grateful that He's chosen to use us inspite of our shortcomings:)...He moulds us and makes us "Who we are instead..."
luv u my friend:)
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