Colossians 3:12-14. "Therefore as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive what ever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
Clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bear with each other and forgive as Jesus forgives us. Are we acting this way? As I read this I am thinking of how I let myself feel hurt when someone doesn’t meet my expectations. When I feel hurt I can replay the feeling over and over again in my mind tell it becomes such a well worn path I can’t see the glory of God I can only feel the pain of unmet expectations. The well worn path of stinking thinking is very familiar to me. In order to quit drinking I had to intentionally change my first thought toward alcohol. If I want to truly be well in my life I need to take every thought captive and make them obedient to Christ Jesus. God tells us we are loved and we are to love Him and love others. If we perseverate on unmet expectations we are looking at the lack in our lives and not the fullness of God. Today. Put on true compassion, kindness, humility gentleness,patience and forgiveness; if I’m truly walking in these qualities I can love people where they are at and not expecting them to be where I want them to be. This is not easy for me to do on my own. Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Be encouraged to Be the love of Jesus today to all people without exceptions. 😇❤️🙏
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