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MATTHEW 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God
We make dumb mistakes. We say stupid things from time to time. We feel passionately about things. Hopefully, as children of God, we don't allow these things to completely overtake us and fill us with a constant spirit of disharmony/rebellion or an attitude of abuse toward others.
Non-christians are watching us. Young christians are watching us. We are supposed to be sharing the love of Christ, not sewing discord. If we habitually do this, we are not pleasing our Lord, we are pleasing the roaming lion who seeks to devour us all, aren't we?
Father, help us to remember the Spirit we are of. Help us not to injure one another in our passion. Help us not to put our personal need for justification above the purposes You have given us.
When things get out of hand in forums sometimes I have to close the window and walk away because of the foolishly ugly thoughts in my head that I don't want to allow to travel to my keyboard. I have to allow the fruit of the Spirit to shut that junk up.
Sometimes I think, that's it. That person is going into my ignore bin. And then I think...what if God would just give up on me like that at times?
And if a person is far off base and saying hurtful things, I worry about the effect this could have upon new believers and the damage that could be done, as shown last night in another thread. We need to be paying attention to those things, don't we?
Is it silly to get worked up sometimes over posts in a forum? Probably, to a degree.
But, when we consider that a lot of people are dealing with some pretty heavy issues and/or are new believers who are genuinely looking for help/seeking God, is it really?
We're passionate about our faith. We're passionate about our love for our Savior and the holiness of our God. Hopefully, those are the things that stir us rather than some selfish need to prove ourselves right no matter the cost. Above all else, I want to be His. I want to be used by Him for His purposes and not my own. I want to be the child of God that He has called me to be. I want to be a peacemaker.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God
We make dumb mistakes. We say stupid things from time to time. We feel passionately about things. Hopefully, as children of God, we don't allow these things to completely overtake us and fill us with a constant spirit of disharmony/rebellion or an attitude of abuse toward others.
Non-christians are watching us. Young christians are watching us. We are supposed to be sharing the love of Christ, not sewing discord. If we habitually do this, we are not pleasing our Lord, we are pleasing the roaming lion who seeks to devour us all, aren't we?
Father, help us to remember the Spirit we are of. Help us not to injure one another in our passion. Help us not to put our personal need for justification above the purposes You have given us.
When things get out of hand in forums sometimes I have to close the window and walk away because of the foolishly ugly thoughts in my head that I don't want to allow to travel to my keyboard. I have to allow the fruit of the Spirit to shut that junk up.
Sometimes I think, that's it. That person is going into my ignore bin. And then I think...what if God would just give up on me like that at times?
And if a person is far off base and saying hurtful things, I worry about the effect this could have upon new believers and the damage that could be done, as shown last night in another thread. We need to be paying attention to those things, don't we?
Is it silly to get worked up sometimes over posts in a forum? Probably, to a degree.
But, when we consider that a lot of people are dealing with some pretty heavy issues and/or are new believers who are genuinely looking for help/seeking God, is it really? We're passionate about our faith. We're passionate about our love for our Savior and the holiness of our God. Hopefully, those are the things that stir us rather than some selfish need to prove ourselves right no matter the cost. Above all else, I want to be His. I want to be used by Him for His purposes and not my own. I want to be the child of God that He has called me to be. I want to be a peacemaker.
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