Hurt People HURT People
~but~
Loved People LOVE People
That’s why doing this changes everything:
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” (Luke 6:27-28)
© 2015 Deborah Morris
For the mother who, despite her joyful anticipation, lost her beloved baby during pregnancy,
For the mother who, despite her tender care, lost her beloved child to injury, illness or evil,
For the aspiring mother who, despite her fervent hopes and prayers, could never quite get pregnant,
For the griefstricken mother who, in a time of despair, aborted her baby and later regretted it,
For the motherless woman who, far too early, lost a beloved mother (or worse yet never really had one)…
Mother’s Day isn’t always happy. But take heart, and be at peace:
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
© 2015 Deborah Morris
Terrorist Attack in Garland, Texas
After musing upon last night’s events here in Garland and reading dozens of fiery posts about our “rights” to deliberately offend other people and groups with our words and actions, I keep coming back to this:
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (Col 4:5-6)
“But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37)
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” (Romans 12:18)
“For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.” (1 Cor 9:19-23)
© 2015 Deborah Morris
Eternity in My Heart 