Blog Friends, here is a blog I wrote for XP Missions this week. Just a gentle place God was nudging me . . .
http://www.xpmissions.com/draw-a-veil/
“Love
draws a veil over every insult” ~
Proverbs 10:12
Have you ever had those awkward moments when
someone throws a little jab at you, a tiny insult? It’s so off-the-cuff that it’s not full blown
in your face? You internally wonder,
“should I draw attention to this and call it out?” or “should I act like I did
not hear and go on with what I am doing?”
Well, Proverbs 10 in The Passion translation gives us a beautiful
invitation into what Love looks like in these situations. Love draws a veil over every insult.
We may ask the question, “why do we insult each
other?” I think most insults steam from
insecurity, jealousy, deep hurt and pain, envy, awkward moments we don’t know
what to do with, or maybe it’s how our family of origin always
communicated. Of course, I would
nutshell insults as operating out of an orphan mentality – not really knowing
or living in who I am in Christ.
Regardless, insults are not cool!
“Love draws a veil
over every insult” ~ Proverbs 10:12
When I think of a veil, I think of a romantic, thin
piece of material that covers the face of a bride as she walks the aisle to
meet her groom. The groom then lifts the
veil revealing the beauty of his bride and symbolizing, for some, the
consummation of the marriage.
“Love
draws a veil over every insult” ~
Proverbs 10:12 The
Bible says, that this is what Love looks like in the face of an insult. When I see myself as a bride, a priceless
treasure, royalty, deeply loved one, then if someone should ever drop an insult
bomb, directed towards me, I am invited to pull a veil over that insult. It’s protecting who I am, to veil an
insult. It protects my heart from
offense. It protects my mind from
judgments. It keeps my soul clear from
clutter. It keeps me as the beautiful
bride of Christ I was created to be. It
also protects the other person. Proverbs
17:9 says, “Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever
repeats the matter separates close friends.” Fascinating!
I am fostering - promoting the development of LOVE when I pull a veil
over an offense (insult).
When
we are living a missional lifestyle, we have many opportunities to “draw a
veil”. Often people we encounter are
hurting and as we know from experience, “Hurting people hurt people.”
Sometimes those in hard life circumstances or pain, will insult us. Jesus
invites us to . . . draw a veil. Jesus
was our perfect example as we read in Isaiah 53:7, Jesus was oppressed, afflicted, abused and
punished, yet He did not open His mouth and retaliate, He drew a veil. But His veil consummated a marriage with us
His bride for eternity. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and His great
love drew a veil over a multitude of sin and insults.
Maybe as you read this blog you can think of a situation
where you were insulted recently. Maybe
you retaliated with stinging words.
Maybe you stuffed the rejection and didn’t face how it made you
feel. Jesus invites us to get real with
Him, offload all insults on Him, release forgiveness and “draw a veil”
releasing us into His perfect Love.
“Love
draws a veil over every insult” ~
Proverbs 10:12
A bunch of friends could not make it due to traveling over the holiday, but many precious ones came out. I even had a 4th of July cake in honor of the day. :-) A big thanks to Jamie for manning the BBQ.
The kids had so much fun with their friends. We had tons of little toddler's and I was able to pull out my toy box and sippy cups. :-) 
