Crime and Punishment.

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Crime and punishment.

“Rejection.”

 

Some people delight in rejection and it makes it hard for me to see Jesus in their lives.

 

Jesus said this about those who came to him, “In no way will I reject those who come to me.” When someone came to Jesus he took them. He who knew his Father as Sovereign knew they were given to him by the Father. He accepted them to give them his very best which was himself.

 

The irrefutable evidence of that is the prayer of Jesus when he said, “Father from those you gave me I did not lose anyone except the traitor.”

Those who are brought by the Father to Jesus will remain with Jesus. They are  kept by the hand of the Father about which Jesus said, “From my father’s hand no one can snatch them away.”

 

If someone has the power to walk away from Jesus it is because the Father did not bring him or her to Jesus. These are those about whom it is said, “They were with us but they were not of us.”

 

In human relationships it is wise to appreciate those who come into our lives and we must try to be worthy of their friendship and fellowship.

When someone walks away from you, it is not that you are not worthy of their friendship but the other way around. As Hebrews 11 says “The world was not worthy of them.”

 

The household of faith is the household of Royalty and Royalty has what is called “The manners of the court.”

Mind your manners and behave as a child of the King. Never mind that someone walks away because their reaction is actually a self-inflicted wound which will pursue them all the way to their grave, Such was the fate of the Judas’ on duty.

 

In regard to the pain that rejection causes, it is good to remember that our Savior was rejected, despised, as a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief of whom men hide their faces having found him not attractive enough to desire him.”

 

“Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”

I am just a man but when my beloved prayer partner called me in Peru to tell me that his car was stolen; I took it personally and prayed with tears rolling down my face.

(The thieves were caught and I loved to see his truck pulling into my driveway every Saturday.)

 

A young couple very close to my heart worked with great delight in an educational center for minorities. They were unfairly fired from their job with false accusations. I went to court with them spending my savings on lawyers but justice was denied to us leaving me in tears of frustration. Recently, I drove by that Center of Education and it is closed for good and my beloved couple is in a better position as happy as it can possibly be on this side of heaven.

 

A mutual friend of Ruthie and mine adamantly opposed my marriage with Ruthie. In desperation he wrote a letter and saw to it that it was hand delivered into her hands the day before our wedding. It had the opposite effect on Ruthie so that the more enemies I had the more she loved me.

I have kept that friend for the sake of his soul but I have lived long enough to see his unblessed and miserable life.

 

A man decided that I was a threat to his popularity and attacked my name using a radio station in my absence so that people were very anxious wanting to know my reaction on my return. I ignored the offender but took it to the Lord in prayer.

Not long after that I learned that the man lost one of his sons to murder.

 

Another man betrayed my trust in Chile and it made me cry. His wife found him “dead” in the shower but was barely able to save his life with great effort.

 

The list of those who volunteered to hurt me and to make me cry is long so that my Ruthie used to warn people. “Gerry is a spoiled brat of the Lord. If you offend him and he hits you back, ... never mind because his hand is short and his strength is weak. But if he doesn’t do anything and goes to the Lord in “wet Prayer” be careful. I have seen many pay dearly and some with their own life.”

 

Since last night I have been weeping for an angelic and beautiful girl that I have known from birth and have prayed for throughout her life. She has been deeply offended and hurt by a trusted friend and her pain has become my pain. In that spirit I am writing and I am already feeling sorry for that miserable girl that has dared to poke the apple of His eyes.

 

Please pray for my young friend and her mother and father who are also hurting in pain for this godly child of the covenant. Woe is he or her who makes one of the little ones of God to stumble. 

 

To safeguard myself and my friends I make a covenant before God and I want to make it extend to you today: “Whatever we wish to each other, be it good or evil, might our Lord give the other twice as much.” This Royal Law of James 2:8 will keep us loving as we should and safe guard us from evil.

 

This was an amateur Solomon on duty.

 

Gerry Gutierrez.

 

PS. My adorable little friend who seems to have escaped heaven to visit me and be my friend.