Susan Petersen wrote:
====================================================I think that there has to be some sort of intimacy so that the unbeliever does not get the impression that the love you are showing is fake. But, I can understand that there seems to be a limit to that love. I have felt it too.
When I was younger (high school age) I used to think that everyone was essentially good. I loved people right from the start. I got burned often. Now I am a little more cautious. Although, I still get burned.
Suzy
Mornin' Suzy. Just a note to say that I agree with you. There is an old saying that "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." People have come to Christ because of some street preacher screaming at them, and others have bowed to Him when faced with a serious illness or an emergency. God can reach out in any manner He wants to in order to draw a sinner to Himself, but for me, it took the godly example of my wife over many years. I am sure that I "burned" her many times during that period, but her consistant love and example finally softened my hard old heart, and now I am a blood bought, sold out follower of my Lord Jesus. If you ask her if it was worth it to be burned somewhat regularly while serving her Lord, she will be glad to tell you of His mercy and His love, not of her pain.
If you follow Christ, you will get burned. Expect it. Expect lost people to act like lost people, and know that the Lord is writing it all down. When the final accounting comes, you will have many crowns to cast at His feet.
That ain't such a bad trade, huh?
Terry
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