Luke 5:16 “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”
I wonder if Jesus modeled prayer for us because He knew we would need God’s filling love in the lonely places of life? Prayer in the lonely place is where I have best found the full love of God. I think God puts me in lonely spots sometimes so I will slow down and see my enormous, gaping need for His LOVE. If my life is constant activity and people, I can lose sight of my need for His all consuming love.
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” I John 3:1a
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Col. 3:14
Matthew 18:21-22: ‘Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”’
That means 490 times! His grace is truly limitless.
The dictionary defines patience as, the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
Not only is Jesus’ love required for me to build relationships, I need Jesus’ vision (Mathew 9:35-38). Jesus’ vision for relationships enables me to see people through His eyes. Over and Over Jesus’ vision went way beyond a glance. Jesus saw the crowds… the harassed, the helpless, the messy, the rich, the poor, the religious, the one caught in sin, the prodigal, the possessed, the searching, the proud, the beggar, the desperate, the weak, the strong, the wise, the foolish, the broken and the sick. He did not ignore, pass by or minimize what He saw. He was not pumped-up, heady or self-centered because huge crowds surrounded Him, saw Him or followed Him. He saw them! He didn’t just glance at them or walk on past them. He sat down and taught them, he reached out and touched them, he stooped down and held them. Jesus healed them, heard them, offered forgiveness to them, stopped and gave them His love, time and His hope.
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