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To: Brad's Gramma

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June 8, 2008
Air Wars
A man of understanding is of a calm spirit. —Proverbs 17:27

A spectacular air battle raged outside our window. Skilled, speedy flyers swarmed through the air, diving down from above, zooming in from left and right, climbing from underneath to knock the others out of the fight. The air was alive with sound as they attacked, eluded, hovered, and struck out at one another.

“Scrappy little things, aren’t they?” my wife, Shirley, observed. Six hummingbirds filled the air with darting motion, hovering and whirring as they fought for the three positions on our red hummingbird feeder. “Why can’t they just be patient?” she wondered.

Like so many disputes and quarrels that plague the church, these battles were totally unnecessary. The feeder held plenty of nectared water. We refilled it every day. Yet, for hours at a time, no hummers came near it—until they all wanted it. They seemed to prefer a good scrap.

Quarrels among believers in Jesus Christ bring dishonor to Him. They create wounds in our brothers and sisters, leaving scars. “It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel,” says Proverbs 20:3. And “He who has knowledge spares his words” (17:27).

How much better it is when we speak gentle words of peace, not angry words of strife!

Like bullets flying through the air,
Our words can shatter peace;
The Spirit helps control the tongue,
And then the quarrels cease. —Egner
Two cannot quarrel when one will not.


Bible in One Year: Psalms 66–68


18 posted on 06/07/2008 5:25:25 PM PDT by The Mayor ( In GodÂ’s works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: The Mayor; SandRat

Thank you, Gentlemen...!!! Happy Lord’s Day!


20 posted on 06/07/2008 5:26:40 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Vote for my German Shepherds!!!! They're smarter than what's running!!)
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To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor - thanks for the Daily Bread.


24 posted on 06/07/2008 5:29:24 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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To: The Mayor

Thank you for the good lesson, Mayor.


29 posted on 06/07/2008 5:41:29 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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