Responding with Love
In the course of our lives, we all will encounter people who exhibit some level of animosity towards us for no tangible reason. As a normal human being, there are tendencies within us to respond to the exhibited animosities either with the same level of animosity or to respond with love. I see myself sometimes leaning towards responding with similar animosity. Regardless of how we react to such situations, I consider these tendencies to be natural reactions. But as Christians, we have been called to peace, and that is the focus of my post today. When we turn our lives over to the Lord Jesus Christ, we are also committing to a life led in pursuit of Christian maturity on all fronts. Let's read the following scriptures: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1Peter 2:2 KJV) Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. (1Corinthians 14:20 KJV) (9)...