Thursday... This is so true.

Psalm 107:1 (NLT), "Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting - and conflict." And conflict. Now that is so true. And we have been and are seeing it in our world, in our nation and even in our homes.

Conflict. Is your home filled with peace or conflict?

We have been a nation in conflict and it is frustrating. But at least it hasn't brought us to what is happening in the Ukraine. Now that is conflict with death and evil involved.

But what about you? Verse 9 says, "Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends." But we won't let it go. We have to be right so we keep telling our side trying to get the other person to say your right. But being right isn't always the right thing. Love takes over when we stop pushing our side and stop and listen to the other side. We don't have to agree but listening and striving goes a long way in resolving conflict.

Verse 14 (MSG) says, "The start of a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before it bursts." Oh if we would stop before it's too late.

Verse 17, "Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble." This whole time of Covid has been horrible and especially when we should all be together striving to solve the problem instead of trying to get our own way. What could have happened if we would have stuck together? But I have my rights. No, you give them back to God and He gives them back as privileges. "Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble."

And this is a good thought. Verse 28 (NLT) says, "Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent." And that is so true! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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