BBD 09.14.16 Loving Others (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

14 September 2016

Loving Others

And this is His commandment: that
we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as
He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He
in him, and by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has
given us. - 1 John 3:23-24 NKJV.

It happened in Debary, Florida about ten years ago. Drivers could see her as
they drove by. She seemed to be stuck in the mud. As you would expect there was
so much concern that it tied up traffic for miles. They called the police
wanting something done. Monday commuters were again looking for her to see if
she was still trapped by the mud, or was she okay now? There was so much
concern that again traffic was tied up, and backed up for miles. The Florida
Transportation Department knew something had to be done.
They put up an electronic flashing sign to communicate to all of those
concerned drivers the following, “The Cow is Okay.”

We have to wonder if it had been a human being, would there have been the same amount
of concern? Now God is concerned about cattle (Jonah
4:11), but they are not made in the image of God (Genesis
1:26-27). Our concern for animals, and disdain for humans, may come from
our experience with them. There is usually a good reason when an animal attacks
and few of us have been on the receiving end. I have been chased by a cow, but
most people in Florida have probably not had the experience. However, nearly
all of us have been on the receiving end of verbal or physical attacks from
other humans.

I believe there is something in us that wants to show concern, that wants be
kind, which wants to love. It is because we were made in the image of God
and God is love as the apostle John tells us, “He who
does not love does not know God, for God is love (1 John 4:8).” It may
be difficult (It was difficult for Jonah and that's why he ended up in the
belly of the great fish.), but it is God’s will and His command for us to be
kind to each other and to love each other. We are even to love our enemies, and
we know that Jonah had trouble loving those wicked Ninevites. Jesus says, “But I say
to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate
you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may
be sons of your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:44-45a).” We will
never really be able to experience love until we begin to love each other.

The next time we see someone stuck in the mud, let us give them some help
demonstrating that we are truly made in the image of God, and that we are the
sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. “My little
children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth (1
John 3:18).”

Copyright © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

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18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
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Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for healing for Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s
sister), Loretta Brewer, Gary Kirk, Lexi McCalip and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

14 September 2016

Loving Others

And this is His commandment: that
we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as
He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He
in him, and by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has
given us. - 1 John 3:23-24 NKJV.

It happened in Debary, Florida about ten years ago. Drivers could see her as
they drove by. She seemed to be stuck in the mud. As you would expect there was
so much concern that it tied up traffic for miles. They called the police
wanting something done. Monday commuters were again looking for her to see if
she was still trapped by the mud, or was she okay now? There was so much
concern that again traffic was tied up, and backed up for miles. The Florida
Transportation Department knew something had to be done.
They put up an electronic flashing sign to communicate to all of those
concerned drivers the following, “The Cow is Okay.”

We have to wonder if it had been a human being, would there have been the same amount
of concern? Now God is concerned about cattle (Jonah
4:11), but they are not made in the image of God (Genesis
1:26-27). Our concern for animals, and disdain for humans, may come from
our experience with them. There is usually a good reason when an animal attacks
and few of us have been on the receiving end. I have been chased by a cow, but
most people in Florida have probably not had the experience. However, nearly
all of us have been on the receiving end of verbal or physical attacks from
other humans.

I believe there is something in us that wants to show concern, that wants be
kind, which wants to love. It is because we were made in the image of God
and God is love as the apostle John tells us, “He who
does not love does not know God, for God is love (1 John 4:8).” It may
be difficult (It was difficult for Jonah and that's why he ended up in the
belly of the great fish.), but it is God’s will and His command for us to be
kind to each other and to love each other. We are even to love our enemies, and
we know that Jonah had trouble loving those wicked Ninevites. Jesus says, “But I say
to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate
you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may
be sons of your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:44-45a).” We will
never really be able to experience love until we begin to love each other.

The next time we see someone stuck in the mud, let us give them some help
demonstrating that we are truly made in the image of God, and that we are the
sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. “My little
children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth (1
John 3:18).”

Copyright © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for healing for Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s
sister), Loretta Brewer, Gary Kirk, Lexi McCalip and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
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