"That Was Good….But"

Isn’t it great that we serve a God who first forgave us? We didn’t deserve His forgiveness then and nothing has changed over the past 2000 years with the human race so it’s probably safe to say that we don’t deserve His forgiveness now. And still He forgives us! If you stop and think of all the sins we have committed against God it’s easy to wonder “why?” isn’t it? Why and how. How can He forgive such atrocities and why would He time and time again?

It’s love. Plain and simple. He loves us with a kind of love that we can never fully understand, and won’t understand until we see Him face to face. What we do know is that His love transcends all boundaries, whereas our love usually comes with a bunch of rules and possibly even a set of instructions. Is that really Love?

Start today with removing the boundaries and rules you have set on your love. No more preconceived notions, no more boundaries. Choose to love because you are loved. Learn how to give good compliments. Don’t be that guy who tries to give a compliment only to blow it by adding “But” to the end of it. “You did a really good job on that…But.” That’s not a compliment. Love says, “You did a really good job.” Period, that’s it!

Choose today to love because you are loved. Choose today to forgive because you are forgiven!

Memory Verse:
Matthew 5:23
~”Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”

Be the Blessing