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And I'm Glad I Did!Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

God Bless America!

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ML/LTOS

Voted at high noon.
(Cue the Clint Eastwood gunfight music)

Expecting a red tsunami tonight!

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I’m Sorry

November 7, 2018

Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13

In 2005, Collins falsified a report that resulted in McGee being thrown in prison for four years, and McGee vowed to find Collins when he got out and “hurt him.” McGee was eventually exonerated, but not before he lost everything. Meanwhile, Collins’s many falsified reports were uncovered, he lost his job, and he too spent time behind bars. But both men came to faith in Christ while in prison.

In 2015, the two discovered they were working together in the same faith-based company. Collins recalls, “I [told McGee], ‘Honestly, I have no explanation, all I can do is say I’m sorry.’” It was “pretty much what I needed to hear,” said McGee, who graciously forgave him. The men were able to reconcile because both had experienced the incomparable love and forgiveness of God, who empowers us to “forgive as the Lord forgave [us]” (Colossians 3:13).

Now the two are great friends. “We have this joint mission . . . of letting the world know that if you owe an apology to somebody, put your pride down and go apologize,” said Collins. “And if you’re holding something against somebody, let go of the bitterness because it’s like drinking poison and hoping it’s hurting them.”

God calls believers to live in peace and unity. If we have “a grievance against someone,” we can bring it to Him. He will help us to reconcile (vv. 13–15; Philippians 4:6–7).

Dear Father, thank You for forgiving us when we come to You in sorrow over our sins. Help us to receive Your forgiveness and to extend it to others.

Christ sets us free to forgive.

INSIGHT

Many of the themes in Colossians 3:12–17 are repeated in Ephesians 4–5. Paul challenges followers of Christ at Colossae and Ephesus to have a forgiving spirit (Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13), to love one another (Ephesians 5:2; Colossians 3:14), to live in the peace of Christ (Ephesians 4:3; Colossians 3:15), to allow the message of Christ or the Holy Spirit to dwell within them and fill them (Ephesians 5:18; Colossians 3:16), and to worship God with singing (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16). And everything is to be saturated with a thankful spirit (Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:15).

The common denominator is that we’re incapable of doing any of it in our own strength. It’s only as the Spirit fills us and the gospel changes our hearts that the higher ground of the Christ-life will be expressed in us.

For further study on forgiveness, see When Forgiveness Seems Impossible at discoveryseries.org/cb941.

GOOD MORNING

Thank you, Rus, for starting our day off right every day.
You Are A Blessing

Good Morning To Amy's Place

I was up all night!***Ready for some sleep.
I am happy we won the Senate.

God Bless America And You!

Good Morning!

I need a nap.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

Hey there, we lost the Gov. race in WI. Gov. Walker was defeated. Very close numbers. Walker says he will not concede because there were thousands of damaged ballots. Democrat tricks. Military vote also not counted yet. I was up until 2 watching the count and it went from Walker ahead by 1100 to Evers ahead by 600 to Evers ahead by 30,000 in a few minutes. I smell a rat.

Beautiful mountain scene and Psalm.
Thank you!

That was a Sunday post of mountains.
Just saw it today.

Outstanding dog pictures!

Thank you! Enjoy the tunes anytime. They will be there as long as the thread is. :)

it WAS a long night!
Mixed feelings over results.
Happy Warm, Fuzzy
...and Sleepy...
Wednesday!!

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Fathers and Sons

November 8, 2018

He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Malachi 4:6 esv

My father was a good father, and, in most respects, I was a dutiful son. But I allowed my father to starve for the one thing I could have given him: myself.

He was a quiet man; I was equally silent. We often worked for hours side-by-side with scarcely a word passing between us. He never asked; I never told him my deepest desires and dreams, my hopes and fears.

In time I woke up to my reticence. Perhaps the perception came when my first son was born, or when, one by one, my sons went out into the world. Now I wish I had been more of a son to my father.

I think of all the things I could have told him. And all the things he could have told me. At his funeral I stood beside his casket, struggling to understand my emotions. “It’s too late, isn’t it?” my wife said quietly. “Exactly.”

My comfort lies in the fact that we’ll be able to set things right in heaven, for is that not where every tear will be wiped away? (Revelation 21:4).

For believers in Jesus, death is not the end of affection but the beginning of timeless existence in which there will be no more misunderstandings; relationships will be healed and love will grow forever. There, the hearts of sons will turn to their fathers and the hearts of fathers to their sons (Malachi 4:6).

Father, thank You for forgiving me and allowing me to experience a restored relationship with You. Help me to seek reconciliation in my broken relationships and deeper connections with others close to me even as I await the healing that will come in Your presence.

In God’s power and love, draw closer to others while there’s time.

INSIGHT

Scripture is very realistic about the difficulty of reconciliation. A community made up of broken people (Ephesians 4:17–24) will struggle with unity. Still, Christ’s victory over all evil (vv. 7–10)—including in our hearts—means that we can have profound confidence that believers, as Christ’s body, will grow in unity as His love brings us together (vv. 15–16).

But believers must “make every effort” (v. 3) to cultivate a community committed to “speaking the truth in love” (v. 15)—holding each other accountable for exchanging our natural lifestyles (vv. 25–29; 5:3–18) for the Spirit’s “way of love” (5:2, 18–20).

Most important, cultivating unity requires a forgiving, grace-filled spirit (4:32; 5:2) through the power of Christ’s Spirit, who loved us long before we loved Him.

This side of eternity, persistent sin may make it impossible for some relationships to be fully restored. Yet we can rest in Christ’s victory, trusting that His love and power will one day bring all of God’s children to perfect unity.

Good Thankful Thursday FRiends

Supposed to get light snow today in WI

Praise the Lord for a warm house!

Thankful.
...for pink and blue sunsets
...in the eastern sky!
Happy Thankful Thursday!

Amen to that! Stay warm! Stay in! LOL!

My kids live in Wyoming and it’s snowing there now. They LOVE it. Want us to move up there. From the desert of Texas??? I don’t THINK so! :)

I have a cousin who longed to live in northern WI because he and his wife love snow. They moved from Illinois several years ago to Wausau. I do love the scenery there but snow is not something I’d say I love. We get plenty here and they got plenty in Illinois. They like to snow shoe. I used to cross country ski on the family farm. Might be good to get skis again. Downhill is too dangerous, never did that.

No snow so far! Sun is trying to get through the clouds.

My granddaughter is being taught cross-country by her dad. Great exercise, I hear. I hope you don’t get TOO much snow. I did notice it’s snowing in the Duluth area of MN. I watch a webcam of their lift bridge...fascinating.

Shoveling snow isn't as much fun as it's cracked up to be. :)