5/15/2017 0 Comments you have to have this.....So this is difficult because I have to be transparent but I also feel the whole purpose behind this is helping someone through my transparency.
I am learning on my journey to Becoming His First Lady, that it is a requirement that I LOVE people. Whew... I know you're thinking well, duh! and I know you are probably thinking well that's easy. But it is NOT. This is one of the things I struggled with and one of the things God is working with me on. See, it's easy to love who you like, or love who fits into your box or those who in your mind deserve your love but what about loving the ones that don't love you? What about loving the ones who don't listen to your advice, who don't follow your rules, who don't do right, who don't fight in your box? Can you love those the EXACT SAME WAY you love the others? Because that's what we are charged with!!! Especially, if you are a leader in ministry or a Pastor, or Pastor's wife. You are charged with LOVING. Now don't get me wrong we are all charged to LOVE but as leaders you have a responsibility to lead with LOVE, to teach with LOVE, to EXEMPLIFY LOVE! Now, when God first brought this struggle of mine to the forefront of my mind, my first thought was I'm already doing that. But I knew that God would not challenge me with something I have already mastered, so I must had some work to do. I asked God what did I need to do, where was I going wrong and God took me to the Word. I had to reexamine how I defined LOVE and how I showed it! Lets look at 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 itdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. Break that down... Insert your name and see if the scripture still flows the same. I have to constantly ask myself, Is Kristina being patient? Is Kristina being kind? Is she boasting, is she proud, is she dishonoring others? Is Kristina insisting on her own way(this one is a big one for me), Is Kristina enduring, hoping, believing? I have to ask myself the hard questions if I want to become HIS first lady. I have to LOVE people! I have to treat them right! I have to do it REGARDLESS of their actions towards me. and for me.... if you can't do this.... then you should NOT be in LEADERSHIP GOD DOES NOT PLAY ABOUT HIS CHILDREN, HE LOVES THEM AND HE EXPECTS YOU TO TREAT THEM PROPERLY Are you? Selah #BecomingHisFirstLady
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