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Clenched fist - Anger keeps us from experiencing love

Clenched fist

 

I cannot receive love

with a clenched fist.


As long as the anger

inside of me is raging

and the bitterness is growing

my heart is closed

to the love of God.


I cannot receive love

with a clenched fist.


Yes God knows

bad things happened

for the evil one

does not stop

to steal kill and destroy

as long as we live

in this world.


And it happens

to everyone.

To some more

then to others.

Good people

are not excluded.


But God is always there

to bind up the wounded

to heal and restore

the broken.

He promises

to give strength

to the weary.


However none of that

can be experienced

when I have

hardened my heart

towards him and

clenched my fist

always ready

to accuse him.


I cannot receive love

with a clenched fist.


Unless I learn

to calm down and take

my broken heart to him

and recognize my own need

for a savior

I will not experience

his healing love.


I cannot receive love

with a clenched fist.


As long as I am full of anger

toward God and not the devil

for all the evil that happened,

I cannot recognize his loving kindness

and feel nothing of his healing power.


I do not need to understand

why something happened

in order to receive

God’s healing love.


God is far greater then me

and pursues his goals

through good and bad

and only when I trust

that he knows what he is doing

regardless of whether I like it or not

do I experience his love.


I cannot receive love

with a clenched fist.

 

 

(1809111633-1707)

 

 

Proverbs 15:1 (The Israel Bible)

A gentle response allays wrath; A harsh word provokes anger.

 

 

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