Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
Peace is a word used to describe a sense of feeling calm and relaxed.
We may automatically think of ourselves as lying back on a deck chair in the sun with no work to do and no one around to disturb us or of paddling a kayak through the calm waters of a lake all to our own.
Yes, being relaxed is a wonderful thing!
Continue reading “a gentle approach.”
Fight-Flight-Freeze
Fight
But if you bite and devour one other, take heed that you are not consumed by one another. Galatians 5:15
Watching animals in the wild hunt, defend, and fight for territory can be brutal. We are not wild animals, but it might pay to stop and think about whether we are, at times, acting like them!
Surely, a quick glance scrolling through social media or watching the nightly news and it can become hard to differentiate between the person and the beast!
God doesn’t call us to be the judge of what others say or do, he wants us to have control of ourselves.
When we start to assume or say unkind things about people, it can be the start of an attack on character or a judgement of the way things are being done. Instead of being ready to attack or defend our territory, we should be quick to forgive, to try and understand others’ perspectives, and stay out of the danger of judgement.
Continue reading “grace always wins!”
Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. Hebrews 6:11
Lifelong love is harder than it sounds.
There’s a reason why many marriages and relationships don’t last. Love requires vulnerability, and this invites the possibility of being hurt.
You may have experienced hurt from having loved someone, but you have probably also experienced the unconditional love of others.
Continue reading “i held out hope.”
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