Letters to Pearl

injustice

The Secret to Intimacy

My Love is clean. Therefore it requires the death of all that is unclean within you . . . your flesh (self-love). must die. You must allow Me to bring to your awareness the dirt within you so it can be removed . . . pride, self-centeredness, lust, greed, jealousy, unforgiveness, bitterness, religion, idolatries, and unbelief. This process requires a type of death . . . a death of self. Then there is death on the altar of Love, surrender and trust in Me. This death is serving those difficult ones despite injustice, persecution and pain. This death obeys My most difficult commands. Romans 12:1-2, 9-21 With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him. Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-mold your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity. 9 Let us have no imitation Christian love. Let us have a genuine break with evil and a real devotion to good. 10 Let us have real warm affection for one another as between brothers, and a willingness to let the other man have the credit. 11 Let us not allow slackness to spoil our work and let us keep the fires of the spirit burning, as we do our work for God. 12 Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. When trials come endure them patiently, steadfastly maintain the habit of prayer. 13 Give freely to fellow-Christians in want, never grudging a meal or a bed to those who need them. 14 And as for those who try to make your life a misery, bless them. Don’t curse, bless. 15 Share the happiness of those who are happy, the sorrow of those who are sad. 16 Live in harmony with each other. Don’t become snobbish but take a real interest in ordinary people. Don’t become set in your own opinions. 17 Don’t pay back a bad turn by a bad turn, to anyone. Don’t say “it doesn’t matter what people think”, but see that your public behavior is above criticism. 18 As far as your responsibility goes, live at peace with everyone. 19 Never take vengeance into your own hands, my dear friends: stand back and let God punish if he will. For it is written: ‘Vengeance is mine. I will repay.’ 20-21 … these are God’s words: ‘Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head’. Don’t allow yourself to be overpowered with evil. Take the offensive—overpower evil by good!

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Moving on

Water that isn’t moving and being added to, grows stagnant and toxic. Keep moving forward. Leave yesterday behind and don’t look back. Meditating on pain and injustice will keep you in pain and injustice. Living in the past is toxic. It produces soul bacteria of fear, paralysis, depression and hopelessness. It makes forgiveness almost impossible. It brings more questions than answers. It will stunt your growth and make you soul-sick. Parasites from the evil one invade and make your mind their breeding ground. Philippians 3:13 But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 

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A day without injustice is like sun in Seattle

When people mistreat you in any way, do not be surprised. Do not let injustice or selfishness seem strange or shocking to you. Accept trials as you would the weather. Remember where you are temporarily living. Those who live at the beach expect the occasional hurricane. Those in the Mid-West expect tornadoes. In winter you expect ice storms. Why get emotional? Trials come. You do not feel that there is unfairness when the weather is difficult. It is a product of location and timing. The trials of the sin of others are no different. Do not think “injustice,” “I don’t deserve this.” Think of it as a part of life in this location at this time. Remain at a peacefully patient state as if it was a trial of weather. Who gets mad at hail? Who feels sorry for themselves when it is 100 degrees outside? Why are you upset at the effects of the curse within others? Think of sin in others like the weather. Be prepared for rough going every day. Bring an umbrella of patience. Cling to Our shelter as a part of daily life. Be surprised at a day without injustice. It is like sun in Seattle. John 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master ‘ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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