2007-03-16 13:39:20 · 19 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Figured this out a lot sooner.
A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.
After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.
Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.
I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.
I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.
If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.
I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.
Love and blessings
Your brother
don
2007-03-16 13:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bought the winning Lottery Ticket
2007-03-16 13:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 161 life miles on my 61 years of age body & being... I would say that If I could go back to a much earlier age, I would do so, only if I could take back with me all that I know now so I could change many of the things that I did and did not do... but then I would not have learnt all that I know now from those things to take back with me... and so on... "The could'ves, would'ves, and should've... worry, ugh!
2007-03-16 13:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Richard15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would havestaged an intervention and savedmy mother's life.
I would have treated my fellow humans better. I would have finished school.I would have done more to change the world ..for the better. The list is endless.
2007-03-16 13:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by kclovebliss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in playing that game. I always try to make the best decision possible with the facts presented to me.
2007-03-16 13:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
obeyed and kept away from the edge of the ditch as a child. (A man was taken away in an ambulance as a result).
2007-03-16 13:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Done all the same stuff, but started a lot sooner.
2007-03-16 13:49:51 · answer #7 · answered by link955 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have resolved issues with an ex-friend before she passed away.
2007-03-16 13:41:49 · answer #8 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given my life to God a long time ago.
2007-03-16 13:41:41 · answer #9 · answered by Nani 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not told my parents about myself until later.
2007-03-16 13:46:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋