Friday!

Proverbs!

Fury is cruel, 

and anger a flood, 

but who can withstand jealousy?

Proverbs 27:4 CSB

It's so easy to put anger at the top of the list of problems in this world, but anger is a secondary thing, we get angry because, angry at. Yes its a heart issue, but anger is not usually at the heart, but a response to something else.

Jealousy is right there at the bottom though. 

I want what you have. 

I want something, someone, simply because I don't have it. 

Because you have it. 

I compare, wonder, allow the seeds to sit and germinate in my heart. 

How ugly is that?

And who can withstand it? That's the question this proverb asks. 

Jesus is the one who can, who was offered the world, and refused to let anything other than love germinate in his heart.

This is not easy, which is what this proverb acknowledges too. 

As we love God and love people our desires shift, our heart shifts, and little by little, what seemed unable to be withstood can be. 

Easter is about the transformation and renewal of everything, from the biggest things in creation to the smallest things going on in our hearts. 

I just need to learn to let l

Love win. 

#easter

#sunday

#lovewins