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Posted on 01/01/2024 3:15:48 PM PST by luvie
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Bible in a Year :
Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
He’s known as the military man whose commencement speech about making your bed every day got 100 million views online. But retired Navy Seal Admiral William McRaven shares another lesson just as compelling. During a military operation in the Middle East, McRaven has sadly acknowledged that several members of an innocent family were mistakenly killed. Believing the family was owed a sincere apology, McRaven dared to ask the heartbroken father for forgiveness.
“I’m a soldier,” McRaven told him through a translator. “But I have children as well, and my heart grieves for you.” The man’s response? He granted McRaven the generous gift of forgiveness. As the man’s surviving son told him, “Thank you very much. We will not keep anything in our heart against you.”
The apostle Paul wrote of such generous grace: “As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” (Colossians 3:12). He knew that life would test us in various ways, so he instructed believers in the church at Colossae: “Forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (v. 13).
What enables us to have such compassionate, forgiving hearts? God’s generous love. As Paul concluded, “Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity” (v. 14).
Reflect & Pray
Why is forgiveness generous? Whom will you forgive today?
Please grant me today, forgiving God, Your generous will to forgive.
Find peace through this class on forgiveness.
But the breakdancing was the best part! LOL!
It was the ONLY event I actually watched! LOL. It was very difficult to find though...buried, erased, effaced, and suppressed!
Watching it after I finally found it was an act of International Defience. :-)
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I love defiance!...especially when done in such an original way!
I’ve only seen pictures of the incident. Didn’t watch any of the others. I’m totally not a sports fan. Just loved that the USA came out on top by a huge amount.
I had heard how terrible it was, so I Just HAD to look it up.
Stopping by and reading once again about our Savior's marvelous LOVE...
Thankyou for being faithful in posting even though I confess my lack of faithfulness lately in reading..
I am caring for my 96 year old sister right now so time is premium! lol
I am a coffee drinker and occasionally a cup of tea.. but love the moods!!
Now is that an AWESOME photo!!!! Smart dog!
Aussie Cattle Dogs are very smart, but in a Naughty, Sophisticated, Mischievous Way.
That’s what makes them so CUTE! LOL!
Bible in a Year :
I acknowledged my sin to you.
“I didn’t do it!” It was a lie, and I almost got away with it, until God stopped me. When I was in middle school, I was part of a group shooting spitballs in the back of our band during a performance. Our director was an ex-marine and famous for discipline, and I was terrified of him. So when my partners in crime implicated me, I lied to him about it. Then I lied to my father also.
But God wouldn’t allow the lie to go on. He gave me a very guilty conscience about it. After resisting for weeks, I relented. I asked God and my dad for forgiveness. A while later, I went to my director’s house and tearfully confessed. Thankfully, he was kind and forgiving.
I’ll never forget how good it felt to have that burden lifted. I was free from the weight of guilt and happy for the first time in weeks. David describes a time of conviction and confession in his life too. He tells God, “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away . . . . For day and night your hand was heavy on me.” He continues, “Then I acknowledged my sin to you” (Psalm 32:3-5).
Authenticity matters to God. He wants us to confess our sins to Him and also to ask forgiveness of those we’ve wronged. “You forgave the guilt of my sin,” David proclaims (v. 5). How good it is to know the freedom of God’s forgiveness!
Reflect & Pray
How has being authentic with God helped you? How has Jesus’ forgiveness lightened your load and changed your life?
Thank You for forgiving my sins when I confess them to You, loving Father. Please help me to always be authentic with You.
Hear of the great joy being authentic with God can bring.
God bless both of you, 96 long life. Taking care of people is very demanding, I speak from experience so not apologies needed. God bless my friend,
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I’ll be thankful when it’s NOT 100 degrees in the afternoon. LOL! Enjoy your days, though!
100 is a bit warm! I hope it cools off for you soon.
We had a rainy day today.
Not one bit of yard work got done, yay!
😅
Thank you. We do, too, but it will be up around that for at least the next 10 days or so. It’s tiresome, but September [and hopefully relief!] is coming soon!
Yay on your rain and no work done. Everyone needs a do-nothing day occasionally. Right? 😁
Bible in a Year :
I acknowledged my sin to you.
“I didn’t do it!” It was a lie, and I almost got away with it, until God stopped me. When I was in middle school, I was part of a group shooting spitballs in the back of our band during a performance. Our director was an ex-marine and famous for discipline, and I was terrified of him. So when my partners in crime implicated me, I lied to him about it. Then I lied to my father also.
But God wouldn’t allow the lie to go on. He gave me a very guilty conscience about it. After resisting for weeks, I relented. I asked God and my dad for forgiveness. A while later, I went to my director’s house and tearfully confessed. Thankfully, he was kind and forgiving.
I’ll never forget how good it felt to have that burden lifted. I was free from the weight of guilt and happy for the first time in weeks. David describes a time of conviction and confession in his life too. He tells God, “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away . . . . For day and night your hand was heavy on me.” He continues, “Then I acknowledged my sin to you” (Psalm 32:3-5).
Authenticity matters to God. He wants us to confess our sins to Him and also to ask forgiveness of those we’ve wronged. “You forgave the guilt of my sin,” David proclaims (v. 5). How good it is to know the freedom of God’s forgiveness!
Reflect & Pray
How has being authentic with God helped you? How has Jesus’ forgiveness lightened your load and changed your life?
Thank You for forgiving my sins when I confess them to You, loving Father. Please help me to always be authentic with You.
Hear of the great joy being authentic with God can bring.
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