2/2/2018 0 Comments Journal Entry #2 ~ 12/28
long it will take us to understand that what is said in the media should not define how we view God's creation, yes even those in the Middle East. God loves the people in the Middle East. God loves Arabs, and Syrians and Iraqis and the Kurdish in the mountains. God loves all of these people... so why are we still turning our eyes away from them? I understand that this is a touchy subject and this is more complicated than just loving or hating a people group... but id it really? God calls us to love everyone and He did not say that excluding those that may be hard to love because of culture or whatever. Loving people can be extremely hard, yet for some reason we think that if it is hard we don't have to do it. God commands His people to do difficult things throughout history and this is no exception.
So I challenge you, as well as myself, to chose a people group that has disgusted you or that you have said several negative things about before, whether in the Middle East or outside of it. Choose a group or region and pray for that region. Once a day or once a week or something. Just pray for them and allow God to change your vision to be able to see what He sees when He looks at this people group. Lord, I pray that you will forgive us for hating people. Your creation and the ones You love. I pray that you will soften our hearts and allow our eyes to be changed to see what You see when we look at others, whether across the street or across the world. We love you. We desire to be more like you, and because of that we will strive to show the love of Christ to all people. Thank you for thinking about us when you died on the cross. It is because of Your perfect love that we are now able to be with you again. Restores into a relationship with You that we had lost because of our sin. Help us love others. Amen.
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