Dealing with your brother with patience in spite of his unpleasantness...is to see the bringing to pass the fulfillment of God's promise that whatever you give up for His sake, He will restore....and that by giving up your right to handle a perceived bad situation in the same ole' human way...you allow for healing on all accounts.
When you ask to see with patience and compassion...you turn the key to a closed door and through his now open portal ....... you begin to see with real eyes that are free of the tears of hurt and anger. The bible says that we should judge no man after the flesh...but flesh is usually the first thing we see after being offended or hurt.
To began to see things differently after having an unpleasant experience only requires "looking again". Spirit spoke to me after one of these experiences and asked, "How would you like to be called to be the asshole you perceive him to be?" I said...."you mean that being an asshole is a calling?" He said it was as long as I or anyone needed to be delivered from seeing folks that way.
The following is a short snippet from a post I did on another board one time called..."Suffering is not Tribulation":
A human who still has air holes in his earth suit [and who doesn't] is also issued along with his earth suit the freedom to "act" as a human. If, however, within the matrix of grace.....(this could also be called suffering ) bearing all because one believes God when He says that He will never put on us any more than we can withstand... has just displayed patience and given up his rights as a human.
Patience is not just holding on until it's over...patience is remaining the SAME temperament throughout any situation whether it is perceived good or bad.... comfortable or uncomfortable.....If one could choose an attribute of the Christ to emulate...would it not be this one?....For He is the SAME....yesterday today and forever.
You will finally be able to say, I've never experienced such a dramatic change in attitude before. I can now look at him in a completely different way, I feel freed from the pain that was caused by his mere presence........but, check it out......the change has occurred in YOU
Conversely, maybe he had never before experience such a change in his expectation of human nature....maybe NOW he is finally able to have a completely different outlook and behave in a brand new way....maybe you freed him finally from the pain of having to fulfill his role as asshole....this is how changes occur...this is how healings are accomplished ....this is how miracles are performed....
this is how suffering pays off as pathways are opened which in turn unblocks the Flow of the Movement of God.
Forgiving others [or properly, not seeing anything to forgive] is the way to opening the windows of heaven. This is the Law of the Spirit in operation......Romans 8 tells us that moving in the Christ.....imparting no condemnation to THEM is what makes US free from the law of sin and death.
When you ask to see with patience and compassion...you turn the key to a closed door and through his now open portal ....... you begin to see with real eyes that are free of the tears of hurt and anger. The bible says that we should judge no man after the flesh...but flesh is usually the first thing we see after being offended or hurt.
To began to see things differently after having an unpleasant experience only requires "looking again". Spirit spoke to me after one of these experiences and asked, "How would you like to be called to be the asshole you perceive him to be?" I said...."you mean that being an asshole is a calling?" He said it was as long as I or anyone needed to be delivered from seeing folks that way.
The following is a short snippet from a post I did on another board one time called..."Suffering is not Tribulation":
A human who still has air holes in his earth suit [and who doesn't] is also issued along with his earth suit the freedom to "act" as a human. If, however, within the matrix of grace.....(this could also be called suffering ) bearing all because one believes God when He says that He will never put on us any more than we can withstand... has just displayed patience and given up his rights as a human.
Patience is not just holding on until it's over...patience is remaining the SAME temperament throughout any situation whether it is perceived good or bad.... comfortable or uncomfortable.....If one could choose an attribute of the Christ to emulate...would it not be this one?....For He is the SAME....yesterday today and forever.
You will finally be able to say, I've never experienced such a dramatic change in attitude before. I can now look at him in a completely different way, I feel freed from the pain that was caused by his mere presence........but, check it out......the change has occurred in YOU
Conversely, maybe he had never before experience such a change in his expectation of human nature....maybe NOW he is finally able to have a completely different outlook and behave in a brand new way....maybe you freed him finally from the pain of having to fulfill his role as asshole....this is how changes occur...this is how healings are accomplished ....this is how miracles are performed....
this is how suffering pays off as pathways are opened which in turn unblocks the Flow of the Movement of God.
Forgiving others [or properly, not seeing anything to forgive] is the way to opening the windows of heaven. This is the Law of the Spirit in operation......Romans 8 tells us that moving in the Christ.....imparting no condemnation to THEM is what makes US free from the law of sin and death.
