These Are A Few of My Bȇte Noire
"Your life is defined by what you hate. Whatever you don't hate you allow, and whatever you allow you will never change" ~ Myles Munroe
Immaterial things I hate:
Cold
Spicy food
Snow
Ice (even in my soda)
Soda (maybe an occasional sip is all right)
Unnecessary chaos
Winter
Dogs
Freezing
Dirt where it doesn't belong
Lazy people
Video games
Trash: on the side roads, inside and outside of houses, and on people instead of decent clothes.
Being cold
Material things I hate:
Abortion
Stupid Idiots aka Selfish Idiots
Cold
Death
Misunderstandings
Men who are narcissistic jerks
Women who are narcissistic jerks
People are who are obsessed with cutting "toxic" people from their lives but refusing to love anyone besides themselves
False philosophies (socialism, "follow your dreams", "love yourself", etc)
Complacency
Inaction
Hate
Sin
While I've written many posts on loving more, I think hate isn't really the issue. It is good to hate ... but it's wrong to hate the wrong things.
This is something that my brother wood burned/ wrote.
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers” (Proverbs 6:16-19)
Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good (Romans 12:9)
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate (Proverbs 8:13)
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence (Psalm 11:5)
O you who love the Lord, hate evil! (Psalm 97:10)
We need to evaluate what we hate. We must hate that which is evil.
I think I agree with Myles Munroe when he says that what we hate defines us.
Are we hating what we should be hating?
Are we allowing evil to grow more in ourselves and around us by watering it with unhealthy love?
When Myles Munroe said the above words, he was speaking of becoming the person we want to become. He says, "You're designing your future with your habits. We don't decide our future, we decide our habits. And our habits are designing our future."
And if we allow bad habits to remain in our life ... well then, how can we ever hope for a better future?
How can we judge the world around us, if we refuse to remove the log from our own eyes? (Matthew 7:5) And then once we do remove that log, how can we allow the world to continue on its downward spiral without acting in love and doing something about all the evil of the world, by using the gifts God has blessed us with and hating the things that tear apart God's perfect Creation?
What do you hate?
*Quotes from Myles Munroe come from this video on youtube.
**Yes, the title is a play on Sound of the Music's, "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things". I had the hardest time ever finding a true antonym for favorite when writing this post. At least one that doesn't sound awkward. The best word was least-liked, and the one I settled on means "black beast". You'd think it'd be easier. I mean, English is one of the most widely spoken languages. And so many of us hate each other ... so why isn't there a better word?