May 28, 2007
“Lower your expectations of earth.This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.”~ Max Lucado ~Nothing on this earth will disappoint you more or more often than … people. There is nothing on the planet as capable of destroying your spirit or your self-confidence as another flawed human being. It happens time and again. You let […]
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May 27, 2007
The prompt for this week’s Sunday Scribblings is “simple.”
Consider Matthew 5:21–24:
You’re familiar with the command to the ancients, “Do not murder.” I’m telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister is guilty of murder. Carelessly call a brother “idiot!” and you just might find yourself hauled into court. Thoughtlessly yell “stupid!” at a sister and you are on the brink of hellfire. The simple moral fact is that words kill.This is how I want you to conduct yourself in these matters. If you enter your place of worship and, about to make an offering, you suddenly remember a grudge a friend has against you, abandon your offering, leave immediately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work things out with God.
Today is a day for closure. And that’s where the blessing part of this two-for-the-price-of-one article becomes relevant.
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