Oh dear, I went and did it.
I am now a statistic. Don't expect graphic acrobatics here; I'm an old lady. As an old lady, I'm just taking the advantage of saying whatever I please. And what I please is to talk about what my Father is teaching His daughter.
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A friend of mine recently quoted a passage of Scripture concerning gloating. I spent some time looking for it because it contained a warning; now I've found it, weeks later. Here it is:
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him. Proverbs 24: 17, 18
I love warnings; they are so straightforward. This one concerns such a human reaction to a certain kind of persecution. I've gloated many a time, unfortunately. Everyone knows what it is like to have someone "after you"-- someone who just seems out to get you. They want supremacy over you.
It isn't a bad thing to feel relief when my enemy falls any more than it's a bad thing to rejoice at having pain removed. But this isn't where He would have me stop. My relief must be accompanied by compassion for my enemy.
Help me, O God, to have compassion on those bound and imprisoned by their animosity. When I am confronted by hatred, enable me to act without malice or triumphalism. Help me, with Your heart, to seek the salvation of my enemy.
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A friend of mine recently quoted a passage of Scripture concerning gloating. I spent some time looking for it because it contained a warning; now I've found it, weeks later. Here it is:
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him. Proverbs 24: 17, 18
I love warnings; they are so straightforward. This one concerns such a human reaction to a certain kind of persecution. I've gloated many a time, unfortunately. Everyone knows what it is like to have someone "after you"-- someone who just seems out to get you. They want supremacy over you.
It isn't a bad thing to feel relief when my enemy falls any more than it's a bad thing to rejoice at having pain removed. But this isn't where He would have me stop. My relief must be accompanied by compassion for my enemy.
Help me, O God, to have compassion on those bound and imprisoned by their animosity. When I am confronted by hatred, enable me to act without malice or triumphalism. Help me, with Your heart, to seek the salvation of my enemy.
posted by craigellachie at 5:32 PM
5 Comments:
Hey! Didn't you read my Dire Warning About Such Things?
Perhaps she saw it as a challenge...
;-)
Oh! Comments! B>D
There's alot I haven't figured out here. I actually tried Xanga but it kept telling me that my nicknames had already been taken, so I left.
On gloating, it was Jack who mentioned that there are consequences to gloating. Knowing the consequences makes it easier to repent. I wonder why that is?
Go, Eleanor!
yay. Dearest, Darlingest Craigellachie is blogging!
But you have a Xanga ID already, Eleanor. You ought to be able to click on it (your name) and create your blog.
Though this one is fine, naturally!
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