love is not arrogant, love does not boast. Father God is love. therefore Our Father is not arrogant, He does not boast
Boast :- to exaggerate with pride. to take glory to one's self.
Father will say the truth about what He has done but never to boast, never to exaggerate, never to be arrogant there is no evil, no pride in God.
there is good pride -a pride born out of self sacrificial love and an evil pride born out of ambition and egotistical love of self.
just as there is good jealousy a jealousy that is born of love - and there is envy.
our Father is humble for when we see Jesus' humility we see the humility of our Father. As Jesus was willing to die on the cross being humbled as a man and a bond slave of the Father, even humbling Himself to be servant of all men, even the lowliest servant of all - to die for man's sins on the cross and to wash the feet of men.
so we see the heart of the Father the humility of the Father who stoops down who sends help, who sends His tender love who sends Jesus he son and Himself comes to lift up even the lowliest of men. Our Father.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
The Father's Suffering Love
our Father does not seek His own welfare His own increase in wealth or good or His own reputation. He is willing to suffer and take up the cost of loving men to His own impoverishment and cost Of Himself.
there is a unique suffering that comes with loving people with free will. of loving prodigals whom you never really know whether or when they will come home to you. Here is an ache of heart a pronounced suffering, agony and pain of love from loving people who do not love you. There is a painful endurance of love and depth of suffering to the Father heart of God is unique to God for Gods is love and perfect compassion.
to love means to suffer. to love means to give to the coat of everything you own down to the joys of your own heart to give all and not hold to anything. Jesus sacrifice was such, so the Love the Father is also.
the Father bears the pain of rejection and derision and scorn of His own person. our Father gives all of Himself even to pain and death and shame, withholding no good thing from His sons. Our Father gives His very heart, His very best to men in the only beloved Son of God Jesus Christ.
there is a unique suffering that comes with loving people with free will. of loving prodigals whom you never really know whether or when they will come home to you. Here is an ache of heart a pronounced suffering, agony and pain of love from loving people who do not love you. There is a painful endurance of love and depth of suffering to the Father heart of God is unique to God for Gods is love and perfect compassion.
to love means to suffer. to love means to give to the coat of everything you own down to the joys of your own heart to give all and not hold to anything. Jesus sacrifice was such, so the Love the Father is also.
the Father bears the pain of rejection and derision and scorn of His own person. our Father gives all of Himself even to pain and death and shame, withholding no good thing from His sons. Our Father gives His very heart, His very best to men in the only beloved Son of God Jesus Christ.
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