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1 | How do I let go and still love??? | 1 Cor 7:17 | Blessed and Highly Favored | 191723 | ||
ok this is an addition to my previous question..how do I let go of someone that I love so much without having feelings of anger, sadness, loneliness, and unappreciation w/in me?? what scriptures can I read to help me in my daily walk during this rough battle...especially when there's a child in the picture???? | ||||||
2 | How do I let go and still love??? | 1 Cor 7:17 | Parable | 191725 | ||
In the divorce recovery class I lead, this question often comes up as "how do I stop loving my former spouse?" My response is, the answer is not to stop loving them, or to love them less, but to love them more by loving them differently, as God loves them. By virtue of being limited, flawed and broken creatures, our love often contains elements of selfishness and being conditional. God's love does not. Our love is incomplete, His is not. If you can learn to see the other person as God does, as someone in need of His love, His compassion, His forgiveness, His correction, that is the starting point for learning to love that person differently. This love does not depend on anything about the other person, they cannot earn it or do anything to lose it. In this kind of love, you are completely free, no longer attached to the things you have lost. Of course, you also must learn to see yourself as God does, as his cherished, beloved child. I will return to this post shortly to provide specific references, but I just wanted to respond to your most important question so you may know that there is a way through this season that is not just surviving, but leads to living abundantly. If you are experiencing separation or divorce, I recommend that you visit www.divorcecare.org and search for a class in your area, sign up for the daily emails of encouragement and even perhaps order the audio CD's of their program, which are quite affordable. In all those, you will find many, many verses to instruct and encourage you. Peace, Parable |
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