Oh I love you with the love of the Lord!

Reflection #2

       

One of the two things I learned from the study was about the Polemic writings of the early Christians. It never came into my mind that they wrote a polemic kind of writings to defend Church leaders judged as wrong. It just showed how much they love their leaders. It amazes and giggles me just thinking of that idea. How I wish members for today's churches would defend their pastors, not gossiping things that are degrading to them even if what they did was wrong. The other thing I learned was the idea of saints that could mediate to God for the Christians, who came from Gnostic influence. I never knew about where that idea came from. I was thinking that they just made it to justify this belief especially the Roman Catholics are using this.

        I will change my way of thinking for pastors whom I know was or is not doing his ministry in the church well. I know of pastors who have issues about their churches or the church they serve before and my mind thinks that he is not a good pastor. I concluded immediately whenever someone shared to me about their issue. I judged them wrong possibly because they have reasons why it happened, that I don‘t know. Little did I know that I also left the church I served before for some reasons. I was just like them! Funny it is to think that when you hate people because of what they did, it just reflects to us  the same mistake they did and it just like us.

        The specific steps I will do to put these changes into effect are, first I should pray that God will give me wisdom and open heart that people are imperfect beings that longs to be perfect. God wants us to be like His Son and its not an easy task to do. We all have shortcomings, one should note that. Next I should drop these judgmental attitude towards other people. I should still love them, accept them for who they are and not think of their mistakes in the past. Also I should love those people who hates me, I know some of them. I forgave them a long time ago and I was hoping that when I see them someday in God‘s perfect time, no more hate for them left in my heart.