Tough Love

Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't. - Anon

Jesus didn't stay long or do many miracles in his hometown because they didn't think they needed a Savior. Hmm!

Though any one of us would say the last thing we would ever do is become an 'enabler', often we are guilty of just that. Why, because we fail to practice 'tough love'! Admittedly, it's hard because it really involves turning it over to God. But sometimes we can only help a person by removing ourselves from their circle, to stop being 'taken for granted' and let them find their own way. And using the Bible as our measuring rod, it seems 'more often than naught' when the people didn't care for God and He left them to their own devices they eventually came back to Him confessing and repenting of their wrongs. It's true at times - love does hurt, but it shouldn't be a continual pain.

Until tomorrow...

Pastor Botts

"I [God] will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction." - Joshua 7:12