I've taken just about a full week off from blogging and it's been good for me to pull back and regroup! I've been busy with personal activities and several business related projects which have taken a great deal of my focus of late. It feels good today to once again be 'right-side-up' in regards to my work and I'm grateful for the hours I was able to spend 'mingling the good and not-so-good' in my life. I still have much to learn about my purpose here on earth and just what it is God is trying to teach me on my journey. Trust me when I tell you I'm imperfect at best...
I found myself in the wee early morning hours reading from a small devotional by Max Lucado. Within his simple and yet profound writings I came upon something that spoke to me in a fresh, new way.
I realize on a daily basis the 'POWER OF STILLNESS' rarely finds me. I can so easily find fault in others, but rarely recognize my own struggle and need for grace and forgiveness...
Lucado said it best when he shared the following:
"We've all made mistakes and we'll all make some more. The line that separates the best of us from the worst of us is a narrow one, hence we'd be wise to take seriously Paul's admonition: {Why do you judge your brothers or sisters in Christ? And why do you think you are better than they? We will all stand before the Lord to be judged...} (Romans 14:10).
Your sister would like me to remind you that she needs grace. Just like you need forgiveness, so does she. There comes a time in every relationship when it's damaging to seek justice, when settling the score only stirs the fire. There comes a time when the best thing you can do is accept your brother and offer him the same grace you've been given."
Dear God...help me to stand within the power of your stillness. Help me to allow your faithful, unfailing love to guide me, and like you, 'hold my peace'.
"The day when Jesus stood alone
And felt the hearts of men like stone,
And knew He came but to atone~
That day "He held His peace."
They witnessed falsely to his word,
they bound Him with a cruel cord,
And mockingly proclaimed Him Lord;
"But Jesus held His peace."
They spat upon Him in the face,
They dragged Him on from place to place,
They heaped upon Him all disgrace;
"But Jesus held His peace."
My friend, have you for far much less,
With rage, which you called righteousness,
Resented slights with great distress?
Your Savior "held His peace."
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Blessings to you for a day directed by the Most High.
I've been missing you!
Love to you always...
