Beyond the Emotions

Getting back to a schedule, is def. not easy. Let me review some of the things I've missed in the past week in a half. So before this whole thing with my eye began, I had promised to review some of the Battlecry whoas, but in light of everything that happened it seems so irrelevant, other than to say there were def. some ups and downs, but overall (with the exception, of this infection I enjoyed it). Looking beyond that the following week gave me a real opportunity to be reminded of all those people around me who really care. Primarily my grandparents and my sister, who were literally taking care of me, placing in my medication, making me meals, helping me do pretty much everything. On top of the many others who called texted, visited, and sent prayers my way. It's always a beautiful reminder to know how much people really care.

In light of this, I've been really considering somethings in my reading. Primarily, this concept of being made in God's image and what that means. I feel like I may touch on a delicate subject, but in light of the amount of times the word says "He Loves," "He is Jealous," and such. I began to wonder what character trait's we take from God. What are the things we experience? And what are things we take and twist? Something like jealousy, can be natural yet so easily accelerated into deep rooted anger and resentment. Though with God, we see it's rooted in his character of Righteousness, with us it seems so rooted in our love of self. In other word's his jealousy comes from being our creator, having a right to be such. Ours tends to stem from a desire to serve our desires and intentions. Though this isn't just about jealousy specifically, this is really about emotion, and furthermore the purity of emotion that we find in God's character.

I mean quite obviously he's the creator, but oddly enough we have the privilege of being made in his image.

Going through the early Old Testament, my frustrations were always in the constant doubt that the Israelite's had. Even being lead by the presence of God, but it made me realize just how strong human emotion really is, and how much the sin in humanity, is rooted in this sense to serve self. Where God is so rooted in Love and Righteousness, and there is such a beautiful purity that pours out of that. So much so, that Jesus came to resolve what we could never do for ourselves.

I've been seeing the love, in those who reflect the pure loving character of God, and live the example of Jesus. Being with my grandparents who truly Loved and Served me the way I would imagine Jesus would've really showed me that. Having those close to me express such concern for me and my well being showed me that. I see love in God's creation, but more in what it was meant to be, not what we have necessarily become. There is something beautiful about the people of God living the way he meant us to be, loving and serving one another.