JPPT1974's Thurs Thoughts 2/5/2026:

JPPT1974

SB LX, Valentine's, Winter Olympics 2026
We don't deserve any kind of
Abuse or feeling like we are second or
Third class citizens as we didn't ask for it
Not just in being treated with in
Dignity and respect and how
The Lord gives us that even in a
World that doesn't give us that
God does as His love and care is
Unlimited and caring as He gives us
All the kindness, dignity, and respect we
Deserve as only God can do so in a world.
Where it can be cruel and unfeeling.
Nobody deserves to be mistreated especially
When family is involved at all.
 

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Sounds nice but it's about 180° out of phase with reality.

No one deserves good treatment from God...

Romans 3:10–12 “There is none righteous, no, not one… there is none who does good, no, not one.”​
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”​
Ephesians 2:3 “We were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.”​
Suffering, hardship, and injustice are the norm, not the exception...

Ecclesiastes 7:15 “There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.”​
Job 5:7 “Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”​
Matthew 10:22 “You will be hated by all for My name’s sake.”​

To love the wicked* is to love wickedness, and to hate evil is righteousness...

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.​
Psalms 139:19-22 "Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!​
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.​
For they speak against You wickedly;​
Your enemies take Your name in vain.​
Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?​
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?​
I hate them with perfect hatred;​
I count them my enemies."​
Psalm 97:10 "You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.​
Proverbs 8:13 "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate."​
Hosea 9:15 “All their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I [God] hated them. Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them from My house; I [God] will love them no more. All their princes are rebellious.​


* Biblical love is the commitment to seek and act for a person’s true, long-term best interest, regardless of personal affection, emotional warmth, or social approval. It is oriented toward truth, righteousness, and life, not comfort or affirmation. Love does not require liking someone, being pleasant to them, or treating them gently in every circumstance. In fact, when a person’s course is destructive, loving them may require confrontation, rebuke, discipline, or even withdrawal rather than the pleasantries that come with being nice. Scripture repeatedly presents love as purposeful, corrective, and sometimes severe, because its aim is restoration and moral good, not emotional ease or acceptance.
 
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