"I have decided to stick with Love, Hate is too great a burden to bear"- Martin L King From the beginning of time, we see the ugly side of human behavior rearing its head up and bulldoze its way over the Good. Cain (in Genesis) could have chosen humbleness over anger and jealousy. Lamech could have chosen to be true and faithful to God and his wife, over setting the tone for generations to come for women. The people of Noah’s time could have chosen the fear of the Lord, but they chose what was self-serving at the time. As with mistakes, there are regrets, but not all are amended. With the life-long learned behaviors we carry with us; as well as others that are considered a modernistic way of thinking. We seem to raise behaviors in each other, both appropriate rooted in love and inappropriate- rooted in self. As we read through the Bible we see human behaviors as examples to either live by or not! Some of the choices made in the Old Testament could easily make one frustrated. Understanding they lived in a different time and culture does help ease the heart some. The positive examples given in which to live by are inspiring and admirable; Love, Forgiveness, Restoration, Protection, Perseverance, and much more. It all boils down to this; our free will to our natural human behavior; Our Choices God gave us a free will to choose our way in this life - As we know, love does not force us into compliance. God wants to give His best to us and that "best" is in the grasp of His knowledge of our future and His great plan in all things. I heard something similar to this, I forget where; Forgiveness is not letting the other party “off the hook” for their offenses – it is freeing ourselves from “being hooked” into the heavy weight of bitterness and increasing pain. (my ad-lib) We must be responsible for our own actions, keeping our emotions, words and, action in line with the Word of God. Don’t allow others to control your emotions. And when we will fail, and we all do, chose to amend and move forward. When people and circumstances wrong you, choose the side of Love We do not need to live up to the expectations of others, But we DO need to live up to the expectations of God. vjb
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