Well Then...

I came in this morning not really having anything to discuss. My mind is sort of in the clouds I guess you could say. On the way to school this morning Kristina was sharing with me some things on her mind so instead of praying and thinking about this blog on my ride into work today I spent the time praying and thinking about my child. I'm sure everyone has had days like that and now I just feel unprepared.

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As I rounded the corner to my desk I sat down, opened up the internet and logged into post my blog. Not having a clue what I was going to talk about. I bowed my head and said a really quick prayer. "Lord, I need a word!" I no more had taken another breath when I pulled up Titus 3.

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"Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always ready to lend a helping hand. No insults, no fights. God's people should be bighearted and courteous. It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this." Titus 3:1-8 (MSG).

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So I took a big sigh and thought to myself...well then! I am so guilty of this. It's not that I look down on people or think I am on some sort of high horse but I do, however, get in a rut where I look at people and think "You're wrong! That's a sin!" or when I'm at work I seem to catch myself in a compromising position of gossip and idle chit-chat that quickly turns into talking about someone. I am so guilty of forgetting that I once did those exact same things. I once thought that the only way to get ahead was by following the crowd and doing what I thought others wanted me to do and not doing what God told me to do. Are you guilty of this? Am I the only one out there who does this?

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I really don't think there is a point in me elaborating any further. I think God's word says exactly what needs to be said today without me adding my own take on it.

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Lord, I asked for a word today and you gave it to me in a big way! Just this morning I was thinking thoughts that should have never been in my mind and you quickly have shown me how I need to remember what it is like to not know you! Thank you, Father, and help me, give me strength to reach out to others with your love and not look down on others with my words. I ask you, Father, to lift up anyone and everyone who is reading this today that they may too be kind hearted in their walk today and that may we all be witnesses instead of judges!