noun
1. the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
2. antagonism or hostility.
3. a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group.
4. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
5. the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.
But it should be the OPPOSITE:
har·mo·ny
[hahr-muh-nee] Show IPA
noun, plural har·mo·nies.
1. agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
2. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.
3. Music .
a. any simultaneous combination of tones.
b. the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blended into
chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguished from melody and
rhythm.
c. the science of the structure, relations, and practical combination of chords.
4. an arrangement of the contents of the Gospels (stories of Christ), either of all four or of the first three, designed to show their parallelism, mutual relations, and differences.
** Interesting how the stories of Christ are called 'a harmony'....
** Interesting how Jesus told us to live in harmony....
Matthew 5:9 says:
“Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God."
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Interesting this day and age we live in,
People everywhere, waging war over their sins.
Trying to keep their's, trying to hide them,
Claiming 'what's right for me,
must be accepted by her and him'.
Who are 'they'? They're the ones you oppose.
We witness double standards,
when what we do is exposed.
Do they want our acceptance? Love or conformity?
Jesus is not surprised, He said we'd see animosity.
We don't have to fret over who is right.
We don't have post, rant, or even fight.
We say that we love...all of you - all of us,
but which one of you is more like Jesus?
Perhaps it's the bum laying in the gutter,
Humbly praying for his thirst and hunger?
Or is it the welfare mom, who fraudulently
hands him her last food stamps to eat?
WE ARE ALL A MESS, can't you see?
I look in the mirror and hate what is still in me.
I have a heart for God,
to serve and love on others,
But when I sit down to pray, I have to confess
my sins as a wife, woman, and mother.
So what do we say?
What do we do, or don't?
Jesus said it best when He said:
"He who is without sin, Cast the first stone."
"He who is without sin, Cast the first stone."
John 8:7
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We are all working out our own salvation. Or at least that's what we're supposed to be doing with this time we have on earth.
Some of us have stayed on the plan since we found it...and some more consistently than others. Some have had heartbreaking trials that sent them searching more deeply and have an even greater reality of God. And some have been heartbroken by believers and ran.
This is why we do NOT compare ourselves to one another.
It all becomes 'relative' when we do that.
Instead, we need to read our Bibles and compare ourselves to Christ...the ultimate example of true love! Measure yourself to God's standard because He is your audience...YOUR audience of ONE!
