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Teach me

September 14, 2019 worrylessjourneyLeave a comment

Psalm 119:65-66

⁶⁵You have dealt well with your servant,
O Lord, according to your word.
⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.

We all need to be taught. We slip so easily into doing the wrong thing. We have to be reminded that we stray from God’s path. There is so much to tempt us. We are bombarded with TV programs that make love of others and kindness seem outdated. Violence is present in computer and video games. The exposure make it seem “normal.” God calls us to turn away from hatred and turn back to love and compassion. We need to be taught God’s ways not those of the world.

Put away anger and hatred

September 8, 2019 worrylessjourneyLeave a comment

Ephesians 4:31-32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

³¹Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, ³²and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

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This world needs this verse from Ephesians. Everyone seems so angry. So much division and hatred. It seems to me to every major religion in its pure form teaches peace, compassion and love. Put away your anger and bitterness and every day show your love for one another.

It is us!

August 13, 2019 worrylessjourneyLeave a comment

Psalm 22:11

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

There is someone to help. Many someones. It is our job to be there. We are it!

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires. Horace Traubel

Jesus didn’t seek power

May 31, 2019 worrylessjourneyLeave a comment

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There are so many who seek power. We see it in politics, religion, business, everywhere. Seeking power through religion has led us down some dark paths. Until we can focus on Christ’s message there will still be those who use religion for their own reasons. Only by following the walk of Christ…act like Christ, nothing will ever change.

Good? Friday

April 19, 2019 worrylessjourneyLeave a comment

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24

I can’t imagine what it must have been like. The fear and disbelief of the disciples. The grief of the mother of Jesus. The pain he felt. The effort of dragging the cross. It is all beyond my experience. I don’t know where I would have been in that scene. Would I have believed in him or been part of the angry mob? Where would you be?

I do know that things have been different ever since.

Just love!

April 11, 2019 worrylessjourneyLeave a comment

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

~G.K. Chesterton

We are told to love the Lord Our God with all our souls are all our hearts and all our minds. We are not told to prove that God exists. We are just told to love Him. Can we turn loose of all our trying to understand all of this and just love?

Prayer: God of love, help us learn to just love you with all that we are. Amen