The purpose of correction...is to make you right, not wrong

The purpose of correction is to make you right...not wrong. Christ makes you right with His righteousness in you-an ongoing transformation for every Believer. Let Jesus flood your heart with His love...binding up and healing old wounds by someone who harshly corrected you or had unrealistic expectations of you. You will be defensive and reject correction until you allow Jesus' love to heal you-take your hurts to Him. You want to be approved and valued-especially by those you love, but your defensiveness keeps a barrier between you and everyone and everything you care about. With loved ones, it's an ongoing fight. They're trying to connect-telling you how they feel; all you hear is criticism-that you're wrong. They're wanting to fix the wrong in the relationship, but you push them away. They walk away feeling defeated, even more distant from you; exactly what you don't want-their rejection of you. As long as you blame them for how you feel-you will not heal. You want to use your talents, to be acknowledged and valued; you feel dismissed. Listen closely, there's nothing wrong with you...but until you allow Jesus to flush the old hurts out of your heart and replace the negative voices in your mind with His love and Voice of Truth...you will blame the world for something only you can change. Talk with Jesus, He will help you; commit to hear, receive and apply the revelation knowledge He gives you. Talk with trusted godly counsel, read bible based information-walk it out. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. Being made right through correction is a life long process-no one is exempt. Let the love of Jesus flood you...see yourself as He sees you; perfect and made in His likeness. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there's freedom! (Pr 12:1, Isa 61:1, Rev 3:20, Phil 1:6, 2 Cor 3:17, 5:17) 11/7/12CIFL-LMM