Comparison, Critical, Compassion

We all can be so  hard on ourselves. This week was my  Birthday. Pictures were taken and I usually have to approve of them before I will let friends display my perfect picture. Perfection doesn’t exist we are all flawed. A friend posted a picture and I began to be critical of it. Everything in me wanted to call her and say please take it down. Heard Him say sit in this feel it and see how its stealing my life within you robbing you of your peace. Ouch.. Sitting in the moment He begin to speak when you are critical of yourself you also project that onto others the lens in which you are seeing through is tainted. Ok, more please. We are fast to point out the imperfections and willing to compare ourselves with others. When we eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil we only speak death there is no life there. He speaks life from the Tree of Life. A good tree bears good fruit. When we look with the worlds view of ourselves we will strive to be perfect and loose the simple childlike faith to love and be loved the wall of perfection is a coping mechanism out of fear if you really saw the real me you may disconnect and not like me. Shame always says I’m not good enough. He always speaks identity and value its a matter of the heart. What we have allowed to grow in the garden of our hearts will be exposed. He desires to speak to the heart of the matter. He is the only good in our lives and our hearts our His treasures. When we see who He says we are we will express real LOVE from a place of compassion. His love is perfect we have no need to strive for what He paid a great price to so freely give. In this season of giving give the gift of love. Open your heart for His perfect love to flow through you He is more than enough and lives in imperfect people. Compassion is the fruit we eat of when we realize we have been forgiven much we live for Him and not of ourselves.  Him to be seen we die to self and our reputation that He the good Father will flow through our lives His expression is love, compassion for the broken.  He longs to redeem restore bring them into fellowship of His great love. Remembering Jesus is the Reason for the Season that we may point them back to the Father. Celebrate the gift of His son Jesus we express Him through love and giving He lives in broken imperfect people.  His peace and joy bring hope. Christmas is a great time to see LOVE in action. May you see Him in all everyone so He can be released through you. Oh what love He gave HIS life for so we would know HIM.

He is our only HOPE and reason for living give the greatest gift love and see others through the eyes of compassion. You will not find Him  in a box but in a life fully surrendered a  gift that never stops giving. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son. Will you take time to know HIM. There is treasures in these earthen vessels take time to seek Him He is no longer lying in a manger He is within you. We are His great reward. His love is the brightest.

His Bride

Crystal