[TruthTalk] Assuming the best / walking in love?

[ShieldsFamily]

I realize that you see it differently, but you should be careful how far you go to judge Abraham to have such evilness in his heart. Why ?   Why do I have to be careful.    More reprisals from you or did you have something else in mind.  By the way David  --  I do not take your warnings, rebukes and whatever in a personal way.   When it comes to the ebuke thing  --  I see you as completely outside the will of God and have no need to take it personally.  I do find some of your considerations important but the David-Rebuke-Speak has nothing to do with whether I come to agree with you or not.....nothing.   You have fairly good reasoning skills, a good head knowledge of the Book but you think it is your calling to chastise and rebuke rather than continue some girlie-man sense of brotherhood and fellowship.   And that last point redenders your effective testimoney mute.   Christ adapted His presentation to the audience before him  --  you do not.  John John, This brings up what I think is an important consideration to contemplate.  I personally believe that Jesus calls us to walk in love by assuming the best of another person whenever it is plausible to do so.  I believe that when we walk in love in that way there is some kind of reward/blessing for doing so; perhaps just the peace of mind that it brings, or perhaps greater blessings than that. Call it “cosmic justice” if you prefer.  I also believe that when we fail to walk in love by first assuming evil about another person where there is no compelling reason to do so, that we also bring upon ourselves a certain “curse”; perhaps being only a negative frame of mind, or perhaps something much worse.  If that is my belief (which it is), would it not also be walking in love if I admonished a brother to “be careful” about how he judges someone, to avoid harming himself? (Especially someone as beloved of God as Abraham?)  AND would you, if you were walking in love, assume that I was cautioning you out of a loving concern for you? Or would you assume the worst of me, and accuse me of rebuking, giving reprisals, and that I was chastising you outside of God’s will?  AND, if I really loved you, would I risk being misunderstood to caution you anyway? I would really like some input from anyone interested in this topic.  Is there blessing or cursing brought about by what we think/say of others? (I noticed it was one of the big principles of Kabbalah.) Izzy I Cor 13: 4   Love …is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6   does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7   bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.