This is a reflection from a series at our Church. If you are craving a feeling or emotion with your significant other, put it into action. Actions produce feelings. Loving deeds produce loving feelings. It's easy to act our way into a feeling, but not so easy trying to create a feeling to produce an action. For example if we want to be more appreciated, we need to appreciate first. Giving appreciation to my husband not only satisfies him, but it makes me feel good too. It would be difficult for me to stir up a false sense of feeling appreciated in order to initiate that action.
I know what you're thinking. Sometimes I don't feel like being the first to appreciate, or fulfill whatever need it is at the moment. Sometimes I want to be appreciated first. Sometimes I don't want to appreciate period! But let me ask you this. Do you think Jesus felt like coming to earth? Do you think he felt like leaving the comforts of heaven-the perfect comforts of heaven to hang on a cross?
He did it out of pure, amazing, agape love for us. Sometimes we have to do things we don't want for the ones that mean the most to us.
S0 in everything, do unto other's as you would have them do unto you. Matthew 7:12
25 days of Joy day 3: today I found joy in the perfect example of love I was reminded of.
1 comment:
Oh goodness, is that some truth. ;o) It's pretty easy to forget that modeling the behavior you wish to see can really open your eyes to gestures of kindness you might otherwise miss, as well as encourage others to model the same behavior. I'm really glad I got to read this! :o)
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