CREATIVE WRITING | WALKING IN LOVE

Hello steemians, sorry for the delay in everything. I've been taken up by a lot of activities lately. But I got something good for you all. I was in a discussion with one of my sister's in church who happens to be one of my close friends and she opened up about something that was worrying her. She explained to me that she was already being frustrated by people approaching her asking her questions which have no head nor tail. And that's where I'll begin my discuss.
Below is a summary of our chats as you can see.

I pray that as you read. The Lord will touch your heart to learn one or two things from it. That love is not just a talk but an act.

Her: Because sincerely na if I am told anything stupid that will trigger me I will withdraw from all services and become a floor member. I would attend service and go back home

Me: No dear, that won't be great I think. Keep serving. Your service isn't to men but to God. You focus on doing what you have to do and go you back. Who knows of it's a process we're passing through?
Bailing out will be immature

Her: Bailing isn't immature but being a hypocrite is worse. I won't walk on eggshells and you expect me to serve as though nothing existed. I can't stand infront of people who are judging me. Ministration won't go

Me: Hmmm sis,
Jesus was judged, yet never bailed out of his assignment.
Being hypocrite here will mean that you too are judging them that are judging you.

Hypocrite will mean you're holding them in your heart and refused to let them go. So you can't minister to them whom you are holding in your heart because you'll be pretending to love them meanwhile you hate them.

Love them that speak bad about you, love them that persecute you.
Just ask God to help your heart dear. You can be depressed and yet still minister. You can be hurt but choose to forgive and keep your heart pure and minister to God's people.

Imagine how many people judge papa yet each day he shows up with same fire or even more than last time.
It is a pathway of growth. And you've to embrace it
That's ministry.
No matter what they say., You stick to the message God put in your spirit and minister to them that judged you.

Jesus went to his hometown and though He was despised, He still ministered with all His heart. Though He did no great miracles there, He didn't bail out, He still ministered!

What gain does a minister have to gain by leaving his post to be continually ministered to?
The pathway of growth is hard sis but it's worth going through.

Her: It just hurts to leave from a family of brotherly love to a place where love is claimed but doesn't exist

Me: Love does exist.
If we claim there's no love, then it means we too among that place don't love.

We are so bent at looking at the others that we are blinded to the fact that we too don't love.

I don't know about you, but I know that I love people unconditionally whether they love me or not. Whether they hurt me or not, I choose to be an example of love and spread that love around.

1 Corinthians 13 is too deep to be just a chapter..I've read this over and over again and God is working on my heart to love no matter what I receive from the other party.

That's Christ's love. Though we were yet sinners He came and died for us!

Her: You will literally die for these people?

Me: Exactly.
That is LOVE
If this life isn't ours anymore, then let's allow Jesus to live through us, see through us, love through us

Let (permit, allow) this mind which was in Christ to be also in you.

Why will someone hurt me and I have every reason to be angry and ride the person off, but I still will forgive and admit I am wrong.

That decision pained me because that's not what I wanted to do. I wanted to revenge but as the scripture says, the love of Christ constraints us. I fought with the decision to forgive and take the blame and cried out my lungs because sincerely it hurt me to forgive.
But I understood it was a necessary pain, I needed to feel such pain inorder to forgive and forbear.

I won't say I'm mature, but God for sure is working on my heart. That I know. I don't want to know if others are judging me or talking behind my back, I choose to show them the example of Christ and not give them reason. Love is a beautiful thing. Love is the gravitational force of the earth. No wonder scripture will tell us that he who doesn't love, doesn't know God for God is love.

Love isn't for the weak nor faint. Love is strong meat and not milk. Because love MUST include suffering.

The reason I've taken so much of my prayer time to say all this is because I know that you need it. I don't know if you'll receive it and work on it, but I can assure you that if you do work on it; you'll notice Christ enlarged in you.

Her: Thank you very much for the elaborate explanation
have heard all that you have said and they are not in vain. I was reading Matthew

Matt.5.43 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matt.5.44 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matt.5.45 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matt.5.46 - For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Matt.5.47 - And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matt.5.48 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

When I read this I just thought of the church. Plus that which you just emphasized I believe God was trying to tell me something special and asking me to walk in love. Thank you again, you're indeed a great leader. I won't take it fir granted.

If you've read till here, that means you really loved it. Don't hesitate to drop a comment and a review. Thank you so much, and Jesus loves you.