Cleaning my school bus at the end of the year is always taxing, and boy, is my body feeling it tonight! Thank You, Father, for a cherished job and the wonderful people with whom to work. May summer be a rejuvenation for us all! Amen.
Colossians 3:13 (<<click here to read the passage)
Forgiveness – Lord, over my lifetime, we have worked through so many incidents where I have needed to forgive. Most I can’t even recall, but a few of them were huge! Being asked to step down from an associate pastor’s position with no reason given, being unable to refinance our home because of an employer’s comments, and being encouraged to leave the nest of security in another associate pastor’s position to become a Senior pastor when I felt I wasn’t ready. In those situations, the hurt, the confusion, the anger – they consumed my every thought, it seems. In the heat of the moment, I was unable – make that unwilling to forgive. Together, You helping me, I have been able to forgive. Thank You, Lord, I no longer have to carry that baggage.
Looking back, I am better for the experiences I have had. Sometimes, things just don’t make sense—we just have to move on. Sometimes, people are just apathetic to our situations, but we must press on towards our goal—and sometimes, we are the problem. Many times, people love us and want what is best for us, but we are blinded by fear and uncertainty. When the dust finally clears, we find we are the ones who need to be forgiven.
Lord, thank You for taking the hard times, the extremely difficult times of my life, and using them to make me stronger, more sensitive to the needs and predicaments of others, and more appreciative of what You have done for me.
(June 22nd, 2015, Mon, 5:58 am)
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