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Will I judge you or ….
We have a choice. We live in a culture where we are all critics. It is an easy trap to fall into to judge people. We don’t like to use the word “judge” but that is what it is all about. Jesus is clear that we shouldn’t live that way.
The choice to make is love. We must love and not judge.
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”~~ Mother Teresa
Not caring …
It is easier to deal with someone who clearly hates you than someone who just doesn’t care. We have an enemy who hates us and yet we go through most days ignoring that. We have a Father who loves like there is no tomorrow. Humans seem to have the unique capacity for apathy.
May I love like my Father.
“The opposite of love is not hate, its indifference.” ~~C.S. Lewis
A lot of small things
We are called to love by our Master Jesus. That is an every moment kind of calling. It is a lot of little things. Of course, in God’s world, that adds up to a lot.
In this life we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love. -Mother Teresa
Memorial Day
These heroes are dead. They died for liberty – they died for us. They are at rest. They sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest.
Earth may run red with other wars – they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death.
I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Do we trust God as much as He trusts us?
You know you feel this way some days. But, God does trust us. Think about it. Everything that is happening in our life is for our good.
Do we trust Him as much as He trusts us?
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” ~~Mother Teresa
Where does joy come from?
We want joy in our life. We want peace.
Do we long for God? Does our heart yearn to know what God wants us to do today?
Then we will know joy and peace.
“God can not give us joy and peace apart from Himself cause there is no such thing.” -C.S. Lewis
How can you do anything other than obey?
God doesn’t make us do anything. It is all voluntary. It is our choice.
Have you seen Him? How can you do anything other than obey?
“Jesus never insists on obedience, but when we truly see Him we will instantly obey Him.” ~~ Oswald Chambers
What should I worry about as a parent?
As parents, we worry about all kinds of things. We fret. We get angry.
Here is something to think (worry … ) about. Our children are watching us. The examples we set or don’t tell the story.
May our children see loving parents, grounded in God.
“Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” ~Robert Fulghum
Our mission is love
Jesus challenges us to love everyone, all the time.
Jesus challenges us to love God, with a passion that can’t be replicated.
“Because we love something else more than this world, we love even this world more than those who know no other.” ~~C. S. Lewis
Love must …
“Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
I believe …
“I believe in Christianity as I believe in the sun: not only because I see it, but by it I see everything else” ~~C.S.Lewis
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill
How does change begin?
The family is the core of values and all teaching. If you spend time together as family, the truth comes through. This is real and it is not to be ignored.
“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” ~~Ronald Reagan
How will others come to know God?
This is an amazing truth. God wants us to love everyone we know or come in contact with.
How will they come to know God? Through our love of them.
“To love another person is to help them love God.” ~~Soren Kierkegaard
“We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~~Martin Luther King, Jr.
So sad but true.
May God guide is in His path of love.
“We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Christ the Lord is risen today, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.” ~~Charles Wesley
“Christ the Lord is risen today, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.” ~~Charles Wesley
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” ~~Pope John Paul II
“Easter says you can put truth in the grave but it won’t stay there.” ~~Clarence W. Hall
“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.” ~~Carl Sandburg
God has many ways to speak to us. This is one of the perfect ways He does every day. We must celebrate life. It is God’s gift.
“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.” ~~Carl Sandburg
“You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.” ~~Lou Holtz
Are we focused on Jesus?
Are we focused on Jesus?
When Peter was, walking on the water, all was fine. When Peter took his eyes off Jesus, he started to sink.
Are we focused on Jesus?
“When you are brought face to face with a difficult situation and nothing happens externally, you can still know that freedom and release will be given because of your continued concentration on Jesus Christ.”
–Oswald Chambers
“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” ~~Albert Einstein
How do you stop God?
How do you stop God?
You don’t. When He wants to do something, He will.
“You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land.”
—– Billy Sunday
What about that pat on the back?
It is so very true that the things that irritate us the most about others are the very things that challenge us. You would think we would get it but some days, even looking in the mirror, we miss it.
We all love for people to notice how good we are. It makes us feel better. The pat on the back is nice. It is, however, pride if we let getting kudos drive our behavior. Our motivation must be to please God not to get compliments from others. That is all there is to it.
“The more pride we have, the more other people’s pride irritates us” – C. S. Lewis
“The time is always right to do what’s right.” ~~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.” ~~Wally “Famous” Amos
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” ~~C. S. Lewis
Do you want more courage?
We all need more courage. We should pray to be bolder.
What does it take for more courage in our lives? Faith!
We must believe our Father has great things in mind for us.
“A man of courage is also full of faith.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero.
“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.” ~~Democritus
What is the opposite of love?
Is the opposite of love hate? Anger? Cruelty?
Not hardly. It is not caring. It is ignoring. It is indifference.
“The opposite of love is not hate, its indifference.” ~~Elie Wiesel
“Money just draws flies.” ~~ Mahalia Jackson
Will I stop now?
We have “to do” lists but when God talks, we need “to stop” lists.
What does God causing a doubt mean? How does He do that? It is the difference between my doing something absent hearing from God versus have heard from God, I am doing something. We must admit that many times we just move ahead without having heard from God. God can and will cause doubt about that at some point. When that happens, the best thing is to stop immediately.
“Whenever God causes a doubt about something, stop it immediately, no matter what it may be. Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God.” ~~Oswald Chambers
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” ~~Steve Jobs
“A Diplomat is a Man who Always Remembers a Woman’s Birthday but Never Remembers her Age” ~Robert Frost
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen” – Winston Churchill
What makes the man?
We sometimes make the mistake that the circumstances we go through, the trials of life so to speak, give us character. That circumstances make us who we are.
That is a false way of seeing life. It is who we are, in God and through His grace, that defines us. It is our character, not circumstances, that makes us who we are.
“Character, not circumstances, makes the man.” ~~Booker T. Washington
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What if there is no plan B in God’s mind?
It is so very easy to fall into the trap that someone else will change what we so love to complain about. Surely they will.
Or will they?
What if they don’t?
What if God is depending on me to be the one to start the change?
What if there is no plan B in God’s mind?
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ~~ Gandhi
“Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” ~~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” – Albert Einstein.
What can go wrong?
What can go wrong? Our fear is that anything and everything will go wrong. That is an enemy whispering in our ear. It isn’t true.
We serve a loving savior, Jesus. The plans He has for us are good ones. May we focus on what He is doing and not listen to the enemy whispering in our ear.
“If you continue to love Jesus, nothing much can go wrong with you, and I hope you will always do so.” ~~C.S.Lewis
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