Quarrel Vs. Love

Quarrel VS. Love
by Heather Collver

So what option will you choose? Will you hold your tongue? Can you walk away without the last word? Are you in this for you or for the good of all men? Is it really a choice to love?

All these questions. I have to say that even after everything I learned this week, my brain keeps saying "yeah...but". End that thought with "you don't know how bad they hurt me", "I want to be heard", or insert your thought here. There are so many reasons we can logically come up with that would support us causing a bit of a quarrel. In fact I think that must be one of the hardest things between men and women. If we don't understand that a man needs to feel respected and a woman needs to feel loved, we will fight like cats and dogs. I am not saying we are to avoid fighting for our rights as a people, but when it comes to relationships, it's best to practice self control. It's best to let Love prevail.

One thing that I love to share is that my daughter used to pray for Satan all the time. She still does it occasionally, but when she was younger, her little mind said that everyone deserves to be loved and everyone deserves God. So she prayed for him and asked God to help him be better and not so mean. You might not like this, but if we cause strife and quarreling among our selves, we are taking away from God. We need prayer too, just as my daughter prayed for Satan, we need to be sure that others are praying for us and that we choose love above all things, because God is love.

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up quarrels,but love makes up for all offenses.

Proverbs 17:14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate,so stop before a dispute breaks out.

Proverbs 17:19 Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin;anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.

Proverbs 18:6 Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;they are asking for a beating.

Proverbs 19:13 A foolish child is a calamity to a father;a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

Proverbs 20:3 Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;only fools insist on quarreling.

Proverbs 21:9 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

Proverbs 21:19 It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

Proverbs 22:10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.Quarrels and insults will disappear

Isaiah 58:4 What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me.

Romans 13:13 Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.

2 Timothy 2:24 A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people.

There are so many more verses that teach us not to quarrel. I hope you have a moment to write it on your heart that we must not let our thoughts or our words cause quarreling.

Dear Lord, thank you for your word, I praise you for loving me in the midst of my inadequacies. Help me to know your words, live your word and love all people.


Praise and Prayer

Mom got to come home last night. It's been 3 long months of hospitals, nursing homes and care facilities. But, all is well for right now. Thanks for all the support. LEW

Hayden is feeling much better today, please pray for protection over our family during this flu season with weakened immune systems. HC

Please pray for Jenni, Jake and Nikki. They all are fighting the symptoms of swine flu.

Please pray for Diana and Dan as they recover from an auto accident. Pray for provision for them.

Please pray for a situation where a mother is giving up rights for the better of her child. Pray for her unborn child now.

Please pray for Gil O. Heart. Health.

Please pray for Sierra. young girls struggling with insecurities.

Please pray for Ashley, health

Please pray for Lisa, Roger, Kimberly and Joshua, family, unity, health

Thank you for praying with me for these issues.