In the natural, I made a loaf of THM Sprouted Wheat Bread, something I have not taken the time to do for months. The process was simple, yet fulfilling; the resulting loaf was delicious and nourishing -- truly a BLISS, which I need to pursue more regularly.
Supernatural bread for today started as a musing about how to love the broken in our world. Jesus' wise instruction to love others as I love myself reminded me that self love is the beginning of pouring the Father's heart upon others. Every one of us is broken and traumatized to some degree and in need of a Physician. Tenaciously pursuing wholeness and healing for myself truly must be a priority; our family's beloved first pediatrician continually exhorted me to take care of me/Mom, so that I could take care of our kiddos. The flight attendants remind us to put our own oxygen mask on before we try to help someone else. Yes, current culture understands this concept.
Why is it so difficult for Christ followers? One reason, I believe, is the stigma, the SHAME, that religious culture affixes to people "who don't have it altogether." The enemy loves this lie and works with religious culture to perpetrate it far and wide. The TRUTH is that we all are in need of the Physician -- that's why He came to save the WORLD. Shine the light on SHAME, dare greatly and run after personal wholeness and healing. You will be amazed at the good that will result.
When I mentioned "religious culture," I was not meaning the church, the Body of Christ. Nope. I was speaking of a mindset that is empowered supernaturally. At itmes this culture/mindset does show up in our local churches, though. Sadly church people will sometimes treat other church people worse than a stray dog, despite the model we see in how Jesus loved His disciples and those who followed Him. (You might want to read up on how He dealt with the religious culture of His day chronicled in the stories of most of His interactions with the Scribes and Pharisees, too.) Christ also said to love each other as He loved us. Unfortunately, the church is known as being the only army that shoots its own wounded. This should not be! Come alongside those in the Body of Christ who are pursuing wholeness and healing. They are part of the group of people that you and I are meant to love as we love ourselves.
The other part of that group are those who are not part of His Body. Guess what? The same instructions apply in regard to them. Love them as you love yourself. Because it's the kindness of God that leads people to Him, we are to be the conduits of His Kindness. Be famous for love, as Sherri Silk says. See people the way He sees them -- created in His image and likeness. Honor, respect and love everyone around you, brokenness and all.
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