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Thursday... He is, He really is and I'm glad He is.


Thursday... He is, He really is and I am so glad He is. 

There is a phrase in Psalm 103:8 (NIRV) that caught my attention this morning. It is, "He is slow to get angry." Aren't you so glad that that is true. He has every right to look at us and our immaturity, our selfishness and to really be angry with us. But, "He is slow to get angry."

I love being a father and I love being a Papa, a grandfather. I also love being a husband, but I don't always like how I respond in being a dad, a husband and a Papa. Too many times my selfishness, my pride, my hurt feelings comes through instead of my love and I get angry. 

Verses 8 - 11, "The Lord is tender and kind. He is gracious. He is slow to get angry. He is full of love. He won't keep bringing charges against us. He won't stay angry with us forever. He won't punish us for our sins as much as we should be punished. He doesn't pay us back in keeping with the evil things we've done. He loves those who have respect for him." 

Wow, we deserve His anger but (vs. 14) "He knows what we are made of. He remembers that we are dust."  And back again to verse 8, "He is tender and kind. He is gracious. He is slow to get angry. He is full of love." And that is what He wants from us.

Over in 2 Corinthians 5:15 it says, "Christ died for everyone. He died so that those who live should not live for themselves anymore." And that is where so much anger comes from. It comes from selfishness.  Verse 17 says, "When anyone lives in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here."

Let's let Him live through us. Let's let His Spirit of love live through us. That is why He sent Jesus to die for us. Yes He understands where we came from so He did something about it. He gave us His love through His Son to change us, and live through us. He wants to make us a new creation, and to become like Him. Would you let Him? 

I'm so glad that He is slow in His anger toward me. I'm so glad He didn't give me what I deserve but that He sent His Son to die for me so I can become like Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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