Sharing The Love

Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.  Hebrews 13:1-2

This is one of my favorite passages because it reminds us to treat everyone with love and respect and grace and mercy all the time.  What if we lived this verse, hiding it in our hearts with every encounter every day?  

You are God’s Ambassador on this earth!  

Don’t let Him down.

Reflection:  an image given back by a reflecting surface.

                   an effect produced by an influence.

You are a reflection of someone or something.

I strive to be a reflection of God’s love, His grace and His mercy.

There are days when I miss the mark entirely, and there are days when I get close enough to Him that I feel it deeply.

What does your life reflect?

When are you most yourself? As I have gotten older, so much in my life has become clearer!

God, You are such a loving God. You love everyone so I will love everyone.

Your grace and mercy are new everyday. My grace and mercy towards others will be new every morning.

You are a giving God, to the point that you gave it all. I will give until it hurts, too.

You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I will be my best in all I say, do and think.

~Forever Grateful

As we are preparing for Christmas, let us not forget to live Christmas!

As we get busy during this time of year shopping, decorating, traveling, visiting, receiving guests, baking, cooking, and attending various events, it is important to remember the reason behind everything that we are doing. 

Find your peace, then pass it on.

Share your joy.

Extend grace.

Give.

You are blessed to be a blessing!

There’s a peace that passes all understanding.

There’s a freedom that you find when you seek the truth.

There’s a joy that comes in the morning.

There’s a power in forgiving.

There’s a grace that is undeserved.

There’s a friend you can always count on.

There’s a love like no other…..His name is Jesus.

As I was doing my devotion this morning, I came across something that I knew, but reading it again in print made me think of it differently somehow: 

God’s grace is greater than our sin.

So that reminded me of this verse in Philippians:
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9 NIV)
Therefore, shouldn’t we, being imitators, followers, believers, also have grace toward others when they sin against us?

In most situations, that is not easy and sometimes it does not even sound like an option.  However we do it for our God. He will take care of everything else when we obey Him.

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:7