The Two Enemies: The Thief and Ourselves:

This week I wanted to write a short blog as I continue to refine myself. I was thinking about some of the talks and changes and challenges that LaRette and I have gone through recently, and how as John 10:10 states that “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.”

In addition, that enemy is also within ourselves, be it our traumas, false belief systems, egos, our personal agendas, pride, projections, and the rejections we tend to take out on one another. It’s something that needs to go as we walk toward one another in love.

I was thinking about U2’s song Invisible, and that there was a deeper meaning to this song. I didn’t want to approach this song from a victim standpoint, but one in which we look at those we love from a standpoint of this: Often times, we are looking at the rearview mirror as little children, who were rejected and met with hurt, for humans who did not learn to see our value. The whole time, the people who show up to love us, we don’t know how to properly process it or to take accountability to show up because we have not dealt with the soul wounds in the proper context, or as relationships often do, they trigger unresolved trauma. I thought about how this song really can be a door to the past to heal our hearts, and see the treasures and gift that God brings into our life if we let the Holy Spirit heal our hearts if we let Him, if we are willing to become humble and drop the pride.

We have to be willing to stop rejecting others as they rejected us. We have to be willing to take accountability and to stop finger pointing and be willing to acknowledge we are 1/2 of the problem, as well as the other party. Good fruits can be born from this type of mindset. If not, the other context in this song will be seen.

I am challenging all of you to go beyond the past and step into the future for those you love, and to let go of that bitterness. Ask the Holy Spirit to show where the past maybe keeping you from seeing Love in the present.

For my weekly post on Sunday, I will post the following message here, and the song below:

“Deep listening can be an act of submission to God in the moment when someone is reacting in defensiveness and not moving toward unity. This can move a couple toward shutting the devil up and restoring love and healing, when one person maybe in the act of rebellion or trauma in that moment.

Sometimes, the best thing one person can do in the moment is to step back, pause [even if i do not agree with the position you are coming from at that present time], and as listening happens, this is where the same power that raised Christ from the dead can move to bring truth and correction, and unity and oneness can be restored.” Jeffrey Tierney

Enjoy the song!

https://youtu.be/HqqDExc8TF4?si=t_pqtAQSuunqY0Nn