Oswald was really great today:
“The Lord . . . is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish . . .” (2 Peter 3:9). I should look within and remember how wonderfully He has dealt with me. The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me to go into the world to love others in the same way. I may get irritated because I have to live with an unusually difficult person. But just think how disagreeable I have been with God! Am I prepared to be identified so closely with the Lord Jesus that His life and His sweetness will be continually poured out through Me? Neither natural love nor God’s divine love will remain and grow in me unless it is nurtured. Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline.
--Oswald Chambers My Utmost For His Highest, May 11
Ahhhh! What great insight! Especially "I may get irritated because I have to live with an unusually difficult person. But just think how diesagreeable I have been with God!" Holy smokes, what an amazing piece of wisdom I need to hold on to for ages to come starting most importantly with today! Thank you for sharing this Cailyn!
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