Monday... This is the profitable way to start a new week.

Monday... This is a profitable way to start a new week.

Too many times we are offended and we carry it over to a new day or a new week. But the writer of Proverbs 17:9 (AMP) gives some very good advice. He says, "He who covers and forgives an offence seeks love, but he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends."

So did something happen over the weekend or even last week that you are still carrying around with you? There is a choice in there that can really make a difference. The choice could either be love or sympathy.

I had felt convicted yesterday over something that I said, an attitude that I had and I felt prompted to ask for forgiveness in how I handled the offense so I asked for forgiveness. Now they had the right to be hurt by me but they chose to forgive me. Our pride too many times gets in the way of our love, doesn't it?

Now the other person had a choice. They deserved to be hurt by what I said, but they forgave me, they didn't carry it over to a new day. They chose love and that strengthened our relationship instead of hurting it.

None of us are perfect and we blow it so many times and how we handle another person's offense toward us determines what type of relationship that we will have with them. Now even if they don't ask to be forgiven love forgives and love prospers.

The New Living Translation says, "Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends." So we have a choice, love or separation. Proverbs 17:9 says that love is the better way to go. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Comments

Tuesday... It is so worth it. It really is!

Tuesday... It is so worth it. It really is! Look at this, Proverbs 5:21-23 (CEV) says, "The Lord sees everything, and he watches us closely. Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds. They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control." That is true of so many. Now look at this, Luke 15:1-7 says, "Tax collectors and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus. So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses started grumbling, 'This man is friendly with sinners. He even eats with them.' Then Jesus told them this story: If any of you has 100 sheep, and one of them gets lost, what will you do? Won't you leave the 99 in the field and go look for the lost sheep until you find it? And when you find it, you will put it on your shoulder and carry it home. Then you will call in your friends and neighbors and say, 'Let's celebrate! I've found my lost sheep.' Jesus said, 'In the same way there is mo...

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Todays Beginning

Search This Blog