tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276920903600056760.post5654914283793095489..comments2023-08-21T05:39:51.630-04:00Comments on Music of the Heart: Tough Love?Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16790268214042052098noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276920903600056760.post-44612681913675474612013-04-08T16:35:01.506-04:002013-04-08T16:35:01.506-04:00Oooh, I love this! We are also going through the S...Oooh, I love this! We are also going through the Sermon on the Mount in our church, too. Can't get enough of it! Cheesemakin' Mammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654726238107266586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276920903600056760.post-12495594199499903202013-03-15T12:48:05.367-04:002013-03-15T12:48:05.367-04:00I am just blog hopping this morning and came acros...I am just blog hopping this morning and came across yours. Wonderful post! A few verses popped into my mind: 1 Cor 13:1, of course.<br /><br />I was doing word studies with a concordance and fell even more in love with Father... Ps 41:10 "but You O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up (like John 3:14 if I be lifted up...) that I may repay them"<br /><br />I think most Chrisitans have been taught to interpret that negatively. "Oooooh, God will REPAY you for that!!" But... the word is #7999- shalaam and it means: to be safe, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate, make ammends (!), make an end, finish, make peace, be at peace, that is perfect, make restitution, restore, reward, to be in covenant...<br /><br />Isn't that beautiful? It fits perfectly with 2 Cor 5: 14-21.<br /><br />Yes, Jesus died for us while we are yet sinners. Mt 5:44 But I say to you LOVE your enemies, BLESS those who curse you...<br /><br />I don't know... I just get so overwhelmed at how wonderful and MERCIFUL He really is. (And a bit frustrated because our english Bibles really fall short sometimes)<br /><br />I loved your post, hope you'll write more! I love word studies. Hehehe.<br />ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276920903600056760.post-30608600648044644282013-02-23T18:00:22.678-05:002013-02-23T18:00:22.678-05:00Thank you, Rachael! Thank you, Rachael! Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790268214042052098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276920903600056760.post-65887745213060087052013-02-21T21:25:44.695-05:002013-02-21T21:25:44.695-05:00"So I don't think that we need "toug..."So I don't think that we need "tough love." I think we need a love that's tough. Strong enough to last through all of the sin, and all of the hurt, and all of the spit in your face hatred that can come our way. To love in the face of ridicule and shame and pain and injury and indescribable sadness and loneliness. That is what Jesus would do."<br /><br />I love this. I am quoting you!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09643984196861814038noreply@blogger.com