You can’t correct what is wrong in anyone but yourself, and even that project requires the Almighty God’s help! You could do a fairly accurate analysis of what is amiss in those you love, but what is the point? You do not have the tools to put to rights what is wrong. It is much more expedient for you to pray for them and to yield to the Lord's correcting influence in your own life. Your example and your prayers will combine to create the most powerful force for change that is possible for one human being to exert over another, because you will not be exerting force at all; but will become a cleaner vessel through which the Holy Spirit's powerful influence can flow.
Scripture: "Don't hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you've got it in you, get along with everybody. Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. 'I'll do the judging,' says God. 'I'll take care of it'" (Romans 12:17-19, the Message).
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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