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Susan December 11, 2021

The Example

854) In Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus speaks about how to respond to our enemies. He tells us to love our enemies and pray for those that mistreat us. After all, Jesus said, it’s easy to be nice to those who are nice to us. The rub comes when we are told to love and pray for
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Susan December 10, 2021

Before not After

853) It’s easy these days to get someone angry at you and, if not angry, irritated. Grace is sometimes hard to find among people. Isn’t it funny that we can so quickly recognize the ill-treatment others give us and not see the ill-treatment we give to others? Matthew 5:23-24 instructs us that before we come
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Susan December 9, 2021

Some Things Never Change

852) It is very nice to read, see or hear a heartwarming story of someone who is kind to and makes things better for someone else. We all need these moments of brightness because we also live around people who are only out to make things better for themselves. Matthew 5:11-12 reminds us that there
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Susan December 7, 2021

Peace Examined

850) When you hear the word peace, what do you picture? I see myself sitting on a swing on a porch in the cool of the morning. I hear birds singing and a breeze in the trees. I crave times like this, and I am reminded of the value of peace. The life we live
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Susan December 6, 2021

Food Coloring in Water

849) When I need to illustrate to my students what kind of impact our actions have on others, I have sometimes used a bowl of water. I have the students gather around it and I take a small bottle of food coloring. I squeeze out one tiny drop into the water and as they watch,
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Susan December 5, 2021

Mercy Examined

848) In thinking about the subject of mercy–giving something good to someone who may not deserve it, I know automatically that I should extend this to others. What is harder to focus on is the fact that mercy is extended to me, too, by God. I sometimes treat myself as if I were a dictator
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Susan December 4, 2021

What are you Hungry For?

847) I love the holiday season, beginning with Thanksgiving and culminating in Christmas. There are many reasons for this but one of them is because I can cook some of our favorite dishes. My little dog loves the holidays, too, because he gets to “guard” the turkey in the oven as it cooks. He sits
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Susan December 3, 2021

Power Under Control

846) Each of us has a variety of powers. We have the power to speak. We have the power to think. We have the power to love or hate. When we read in Matthew 5:5 that the “meek will inherit the earth” the word, meek, as used in the Greek of the New Testament, means
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Susan December 1, 2021

Who Inherits?

844) Christianity differs from every other religion. One of its distinctions is the fact that “salvation” and/or “heaven” cannot be purchased. Some may think, Come on, I don’t know of any other religion that can be purchased. Yet, this is a fact. When you have a system in place that outlines exactly what you must
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Susan November 30, 2021

God is so Good

843) When God answers a prayer or gives us help or clear guidance, it’s easy to say, “God is so good.” But what about when God does not answer a prayer in the way we were hoping? What about when help doesn’t come in our timing? What about the situations where clear guidance is elusive?
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