August 30
Making Allowances?
Since God chose you to be holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. You must make allowances for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you.
Colossians 3:12-12 (NLT)
These verses, this morning, zing me. Paul talks about Scripture’s correcting and reproving process in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and that’s what these verses do to me. Yesterday, I didn’t clothe myself with tenderhearted mercy or kindness or humility or gentleness, and I certainly wasn't very patient.
Yesterday, I failed. Yesterday, it was all about me. I failed to make allowances for others' shortcomings … and I failed to forgive.
And I am so sorry.
The Lord chose you and me, and now He asks us to make a choice—every day, every minute—to actively put on these characteristics: tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. These are Christ’s characteristics and they need to be ours.
This choice He asks us to make leads us to forgive … and forget. Just like He does.
Father, thank You for Your gentle reminder to be more like Christ. Help me to make better choices. Amen.
Making Allowances?
Since God chose you to be holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. You must make allowances for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you.
Colossians 3:12-12 (NLT)
These verses, this morning, zing me. Paul talks about Scripture’s correcting and reproving process in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and that’s what these verses do to me. Yesterday, I didn’t clothe myself with tenderhearted mercy or kindness or humility or gentleness, and I certainly wasn't very patient.
Yesterday, I failed. Yesterday, it was all about me. I failed to make allowances for others' shortcomings … and I failed to forgive.
And I am so sorry.
The Lord chose you and me, and now He asks us to make a choice—every day, every minute—to actively put on these characteristics: tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. These are Christ’s characteristics and they need to be ours.
This choice He asks us to make leads us to forgive … and forget. Just like He does.
Father, thank You for Your gentle reminder to be more like Christ. Help me to make better choices. Amen.
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