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Dealing With Disgust

Wednesday June 17, 2020

Disgust is a reaction that arises when a person’s good taste or moral sense is offended. That is not to say that everyone is disgusted by the same things.    Disgust may be aroused in some people by something as simple as observing the eating traditions of certain ethnic groups.  In our addiction, our family and acquaintances may have reacted with disgust at the degrading effect our substance of choice had on us.  On the other hand, we may have reacted with disgust at the actions of anyone who interfered with our way of living.

An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.  Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.  (Proverbs 18:19 NLT)

God has created us for joyful relationship with Him and with one another.  The best way to avoid disgust is to follow the principles for living as set out in the Bible.  We are told not only to look out for own well-being, but to also look to the well-being of others.  Instead of criticizing and finding fault with one another, we are to love and encourage one another to good works and with grace forgive one another when we are offended.  Jesus’ advice to us when we feel disgust rising in us is to find a way to love.  That doesn’t mean we endorse ugly behaviour, but it does mean that we find a way to think about and react to what we see in a way that offers love and calls forth love.  Jesus, who rightfully could have been disgusted by the behaviour He saw in us in our destructive lifestyle of addition, chose not to react but to offer to save us.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. (John 3:17; Romans 14:10 NKJV)

When we have given our will and life over to the care of God, we are freed from all condemnation.  For this reason, let’s be more like Jesus and not judge others, but be willing to love and care for their well-being.


Prayer:  Lord Jesus, You gave Your life so that I might be saved from sin and judgment.  Please help me to encourage those around me to know Your love and forgiveness which will set them free from all condemnation.  Amen

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