Tsiyon Messianic Radio Newsletter - Vol 19.09 - 12/21/6023
TAM - 03/02/2024 AD
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From Eliyahu |
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Your favorite cousin is getting
married today, and all your friends and relatives will be turning out for
this spectacular wedding. You and your wife were just recently married
yourselves, so you are really into this. With great anticipation of this joyous
event, you both are getting dressed up in your best, as appropriate
for the occasion. After a long while in the dressing room your wife comes
out the door, dressed to kill.
As she emerges you turn to
take a good look at her and blurt out: "you look terrible!"
She can't believe you said
that, when she has put so much of herself into looking great for the
wedding, and for you. She collapses into a chair as she starts to cry inconsolably. You
hear her say something through the tears like "I thought you would like the
way I look" - in between sobs.
What really happened is, you
noticed that she seemed to be coming down with a cold or something, and you
were asking her if she was feeling unwell. At work if this happened with one
of the other guys, "you look terrible" get's the point across just fine. Here
with your wife? Well, not so much. You cringe as you realize "you look terrible"
may not of been the best way to convey your concern, just as she is looking
for your assessment of how she looks dressed to the nines. Now, all you can think
to say is: "I didn't mean it!" Somehow, that doesn't seem to help.
You feel like such a brute
coming across as, well, a jerk to your wife. Now, on the inside you feel embarrassed
and mad at yourself, while on the outside this makes you look frustrated and
angry - not the look that is going to reassure her of your good intentions.
Sometimes its just not that fun, being a guy, when the ball gets rolling in
the wrong direction.
Don't you hate it when
miscommunications like this happen and you unintentionally hurt someone you
care for, and whatever you can think to say just makes it worse? I'm pretty
sure we all hate that, but such awkward miscommunications sometimes happen
to all of us, anyway. When they do happen, how should we think about them,
and deal with them?
Is just saying "I didn't mean
it" going to be enough?
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Once spoken, words can never
be taken back. The phrase “I didn’t mean it” is often an attempt to do just
that. This may work to some extent, when the offended party can see for
themselves that the hurtful statement was just a faux pas. However, "I didn’t
mean it” sometimes actually means something like "I did mean it, but I’m
backtracking so I don't look so bad" or even "I meant to hurt you but I
don't want to admit it." Because the phrase is sometimes used
disingenuously, “I didn’t mean it” can fall short of being accepted as a
true explanation for the hurtful words it is meant to ameliorate.
“I didn’t mean it” may be
simply indicating a poor word choice, but maybe not. So its not reasonable
to expect that just because you say "I didn't mean it" there is no need for
you to explain to the injured person why and how you said something hurtful
that you didn't mean. That unintentional mistake hurt someone. Even though
you didn't mean to cause hurt, you did. Love demands that you don't just
dismiss that. You need to honestly explain how your mistake happened, and
apologize for using words that caused pain.
Some of these sorts of
differences can be solved quickly, in the same moment after they happen.
That's the best way, if possible. However, a rift may have been caused by
the hurtful remark that cannot be immediately solved. Here, you might feel
at a loss as to how to overcome the breach in the relationship. Pray about
it. Ask for help to understand why the other person feels hurt, what the
truth is, and help in stating the truth to the injured party in a way that
can be heard and accepted. Then trust that the Lord is with you and will help you,
as you step forward in faith to do the right thing. Yes, that takes courage,
but so does everything that matters.
Finally, whether the offender
or the offended in a matter like this, strive to follow this admonition:
"Put on therefore, as Elohim’s chosen
ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness,
humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each
other, if anyone has a complaint against any; even as Messiah forgave
you, so you also do. Above all these things, walk in love, which is the
bond of perfection." (Colossians 3:12-14)
As these verses show, holiness
requires a loving and forgiving heart like that of our Messiah. Above I have
shared with you something of what holiness looks like in a real world
situation. Holiness is not religion. It is living a life set apart as one of
His set-apart people, being like Him, behaving as He behaves. Although I
haven't even mentioned the book of Leviticus above, everything I have said
here expresses truth from the Book of Leviticus, a book about
holiness in the real world.
Tonight's live stream meeting will give us more from the Book of
Leviticus. The meeting will focus on Judah's Top Pick Tsiyon Message from
Leviticus.
That's tonight
at 8 PM, Central Time, at Tsiyon.Net.
Perhaps you never
knew that Leviticus is such relevant truth for our day. Tune in, and see for
yourself.
In His Name,
Eliyahu
Tsiyon.Org
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