Though we cannot really comprehend how God is disappointed with us whenever we sin against Him, since we have a concept that He has always been merciful and forgiving. Is there really a limit with God's wrath?
I have my personal disappointments myself, whenever the person I am coaching to be Jesus' disciple failed to meet standards. It has been years of coaching and mentoring and still they do what they are not suppose to be doing. Of course, there were stern rebuke, but I really wonder how they feel after such rebuke? Would they really felt bad and sinful? or would they just shrugged us off as being not compassionate. Will they just shut their system in order not to listen to what we are saying? or they felt we are abusive and destructive towards them? Are they looking at me as judgmental or another parent who is a nagger?
As I was listening to this person share what he has been up to, I really felt disappointed and frustrated, actually not with him but with myself. Weird but true. Though I gave a stern show of disgust but I was really not disgusted with him but with myself. Yah, I know, I did my share to nurturing this person, but I am not really in-charge of his life. So, what the heck? I am sad because the initial message that I got, was I failed again in nurturing this person to become closer with Christ and do away with obvious unacceptable actions.
And as I reflected through the night, I just maybe feeling how God has been frustrated with me as I also fail to meet His standards myself. So, the only things I can do is to love unconditionally just as how God loves us unconditionally since these disappointments and frustrations will never go away because we are always finite.
As the Lord has been merciful, we should also do likewise. Encouragement is really helping the person to stop sinning against God.
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