Outside my window..... there are still a few spots of snow on the ground in those areas where the sun doesn't touch directly. It is dreary and wet out.
What I'm Listening to.... David Nevue playing quietly in the background.
What I'm reading.... Colossians 3:12-17 for my online Bible study; Exodus 2, Luke 5, Job 19 and 1 Corinthians 6 out of my ESV Daily Reading Bible; Psalms 91-95; Proverbs 19.
On my mind.... the war raging against our youth today. From the famous to those that call on the name of the Lord.
From the kitchen.... white chicken chili for our pastor's family and a roast for my own.
Around the house.... laundry, a little cleaning, and possibly some van maintenance.
What I'm pondering... relationships. The ones that stand the test of time and the ones that change like the seasons. The people that impact my life, the ones that bring havoc. The unconditional love of some, the unrealistic expectations some have for others that they don't have for themselves. How lonely a person must be that holds no relationship dear, from husbands to old friends ~ they will easily cast them off if others aren't all they think they should be with no consideration given to what they themselves bring. Or don't bring. Always everybody else, never themselves.
From Colossians 3:13-14 love and forgiveness are key. Are we loving and forgiving as the Lord did for us. Unconditionally, and selfLESS love? In our relationships are we being compassionate, kind, humble, gentle and patient? Do we consider the reality that love and forgiveness are more a reflection of who we are because of Christ and not the person we find so difficult to love and forgive?
In reading Proverbs 19, verse 11 speaks to me today. The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression, NKJ. The Lord is speaking to me today on many levels about relationships. I can think of none that I have not truly forgiven yet if there is, I pray the Lord reveals it.
Psalm 91:11-12 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In THEIR hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone, NKJ.
Just came across this little tidbit on A Wise Woman Builds Her Home FaceBook page ~ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. - 1 John 4:11-12
