Honoring You
To Honor; my focus is not on honor being defined as achieved distinctions; there is one part to 'honor' that needs attention. It is 'to accept and acknowledge personal responsibility for one's actions', (or the damage of our actions).
In truth, which sets us free, we are able to admit and see how human we are. We are separated from God because of our humanness. That is, in our shortcomings or falling short, and we don't need to beat ourselves up over them. Just acknowledge them and make it right when it involves another person by going to them, or make it right when it involves ourselves and God by going to Him. Because either way we create separation. Separation is mended in honor, as we are coming together in the mending we allow truth to flow and set us free.
Until we are able to speak truth there will be separation from 'within' and sometimes physically. We may be set free in some areas and feel free in some areas, but there is a sense of walls or being bound up or in other areas. Truth and love comes from the deepest part of who we are, who we have been created to be, from our Source, who is God.
When it is difficult to express truth in order to give honor, it is out of fear that we don't. When we love, perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18). When we love, we give honor; when we give honor we speak truth; when we speak truth in love and allow others to speak what is on their hearts and together we are set free.
My desire is to honor God and honor you and when I honor you I honor God. To let everything which separates us be stripped away. No more secrets, no more hiding from feelings and shortcomings, to allow myself to be fully human as God created me in order that my spirit be set free and not beat myself up because of my flesh, but just acknowledge it for what it is....separation.
And ultimately our freedom comes from 'truth...Truth' in asking for forgiveness because of our shortcomings. That's all it is and all it needs to be defined as. Everything we do which separates us from each other and God is sin, that is our shortcoming or falling short. And when we do, thank You God, You sent Your Son as our Redeemer to set us free.
Timao Greek; a valuing by which the price is fixed; of the price itself.
And it was a great price in order that we would be set free.
John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free"
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Video & Song
'Lord I Give You My Heart' Hillsong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6yzIih9lM&feature=related
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