DON'T "LOVE" ME!

[prophetess m. brignac]

As I sat meditating upon some of the dilemmas some of those whom I counsel ,have found themselves in, and as I reflected on certain situations from the past, in my own personal life, things I've observed, and even things that occur and have occured in the world itself, I came to a very profound "enlightnment", regarding these calamities and horror stories.I realized that they all shared one thing in common: they were all done in the name of, or under the guise of "love"! When I consider the ultimate Gospel truth that "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO LEFT THE EPITOME OF PEACE, COMFORT, AND ULTIMATE PROSPERITY AND ABUNDANT LIFE, TO COME DOWN IN THE FORM OF A MAN, TO SUFFER AND DIE A BRUTAL DEATH.", and compare it to the "alleged", and "proclaimed" love I've experienced, and seen others receive, I can only conclude, "DON'T "LOVE" ME!" If it's "love that will compel a mother to abandon or give away her newborn baby, not knowing what kind of abuse, rape, or molestation such a move may hold for that innocent life, 'DON'T LOVE ME!" If demonstrating your intense "affection" for me can only be done by realigning my facial bone structure, or putting one of my limbs in a cast, "DON'T LOVE ME!" If your "LOVE" for me in the sanctuary of the Living God will allow you to lie on me,falsely accuse me, and try to sabotage my standing and position in my local assembly or the corporate Body of Christ, and you can yet, "greet me with a "holy hug", that's no more than a "Judas kiss" , I'll pass, "DON'T LOVE ME!" If it's your "love" for me as a parishioner or an Associate Minister, that provokes you to throw "javelins" at me, and to discuss me maliciously with the others, when I'm not around, but yet you state boldly, over the pulpit, from time time , how much you "LOVE" and appreciate me, "DON"T LOVE ME!" How often have you seen an abusive husband proclaim his "LOVE" for his helpless wife, while he's beating the brakes off of her, or as he "cuddles" her when she comes home from the hospital so broken and battered, she looks like she fell off a 75 ft' bridge? "Ike" was forever telling "Annie Mae" how much he "LOVED" her , the whole while he was trying to cripple , or paralyze her! How often have you seen parents on the News, claiming to have murdered their innocent children, while they lay, helplessly sleep, or cornered in a bath tub, "BECAUSE THEY LOVED THEM AND DIDN'T WANT THEM TO "SUFFER"!"? How often has a man, and women as well, packed up their suitcases, hat and umbrella, and walked out on their families, and proceeded to tell them how much they "LOVED" them on the way out of the door, and out of their lives? How often does an adulterous spouse lie in bed with their concubine, lover or some "hooker" and espouse their "LOVE" for their mates and children, while lying in the "arms( or elsewhere)" of the person they're disrespecting their families with! How often has a spouse been caught dead to wrong, in a seriously compromising situation, as naked as a homeless stripper, skin to skin, and "cheek to cheek", with an "indidviual" who is clearly not their mate, but yet their first instinctive utterance is "BABY, I LOVE YOU!?" Well, it stands to reason, that if out of the abundance of your heart, and the depths of your emotions, "LOVING" me, positions me for such demonstrations of this sort of "affection", 'DON'T LOVE ME!" Do us all a favor, and before trying to step into the "stilettoes",or "gators" of "LOVE", go to the back of the line, and start by comprehending,and perfecting "RESPECT","INTEGRITY", "RESTRAINT", "DISCIPLINE", "HONESTY","EMPATHY", "APPRECIATION","REVERENCE", "GODLY FEAR","HUMILITY", "TRUTH", "FOREBEARANCE", "TEMPERANCE", and "FIDELITY/COMMITTMENT", and then , perhaps, you can be trusted to "LOVE" me, because in the course of perfecting these character manifestations , you'll find the "LOVE" and respect you must first have for the Lord, and then, prayerfully, you'll find a greater measure of the same for yourself, but in the meantime, I have to digress, and ask you to "refrain" from "LOVING" me; "husband', wife, my friend, sister, brother, pastor, co-laborer, neighbor, son, daughter, shepherd, or counselor! When you've discovered , embraced and do evidence the "agape" of God, and you demonstrate "LOVE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION", when you recognize that "LOVE" will have you go to all lengths to prevent another from being hurt, and certainly not be the source of their pain, when your tongue is no longer "forked", when your "face "no longer has "two sides", when your lips have been purged from lying and carrying people's business, when you know that within me, lies all the satisfaction that you need, when you are certain, because you fear God ,that committment really means "til "death (natural) do we part", when my emotions, trust, future, dreams, desires, vulnerabilities and weaknesses are secure with you, when you can and will rebuke the accuser of the brethren for my sake, when you can stand up for me when you know it's the right thing to do, no matter who's offended or gets angry, when you can treat me with the same respect, and consideration as you do the others who are part of the "alliance" or "minister's board", when you will rebuke the next one as quickly as you rebuke me, when you are ready to stay and fight as a unified front rather than run as a solitary coward, when you have your mind right, and your heart right, when my anointing and it's depth is no longer an issue for you , and does not irritate or frustrate you to where you have to "act out" towards me, when you no longer need to undermine or sabotage my efforts and good name, when you are delivered form the need to hold me down, hold me back, and hold me up, I'll be released to not let you "LOVE" me, but to "AGAPE'" me, but until then, "I'M GOOD!" "DON"T "LOVE ME"!