Cherishing the Spirit of Jesus {a devotional}
Forbearing
one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each
other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:13, R.S.V.
We
are in this world to meet with persons of varied minds and different
temperaments, and you must consider that they do not differ with you any
more than you differ with them.... We are to cultivate forbearance,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, and love and be bound together by
the ties of human brotherhood.
May
the dear Saviour be a welcome guest in your heart. If Christ is abiding
in your heart, you will manifest Christ in your words, the law of
kindness will be upon your tongues, and you will have peace within. Then
all will be peace without, and you will make melody to God in your
hearts.
A
blessing rests upon the peacemakers.... O that the Lord would imbue me
with His Holy Spirit, that I shall ever be what Christ calls a
peacemaker! I do not love the atmosphere of strife and contention. I
want to be able to say the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our trespasses, as
we forgive those who trespass against us.” Oh, how can we utter this
prayer and be unforgiving? ...
To
judge our brethren, to allow feelings to be cherished against them,
even if we feel they have not done exactly right toward us, will bring
no blessing to our hearts and will not help the case at all. I dare not
allow my feelings to run in the channel of hunting up all my grievances
and telling them over and over, and dwelling in the atmosphere of
distrust, enmity, and dissension....
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