Love Makes the Difference

"Ben-hadad, king of Syria, had defeated the armies of Israel in the battle which resulted in the death of Ahab. Since that time the Syrians had maintained against Israel a constant border warfare, and in one of their raids they had carried away a little maid who, in the land of her captivity, 'waited on Naaman's wife.' A slave, far from her home, this little maid was nevertheless one of God's witnesses, unconsciously fulfilling the purpose for which God had chosen Israel as His people. As she ministered in that heathen home, her sympathies were aroused in behalf of her master: and remembering the wonderful miracles of healing wrought through Elisha, she said to her mistress, 'Would God my Lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! For he would recover him of his leprosy.' She knew that the power of Heaven was with Elisha, and she believed that by this power Naaman could be healed." The lesson to take away from this little maiden's faith is never to allow our circumstances to dictate whether or not we should share the love of Christ to a dying world. She showed compassion, just as Jesus would have done. As Christian soldiers on the battlefield of life, Satan will use our neighbors, coworkers, and family members to drive hatred into our hearts and will try to fill your mind with angry thoughts. You need not retaliate. Your actions should be to fight back with love. "True love is not merely a sentiment or an emotion. It is a living principle that is manifest in action. True love, wherever it exists, will control the life." (My thoughts with Collegiate Quarterly, July 13, 2015). Sherry