Acceptance
Acceptance... A word I despise. Accepting oneself is hard, I know from experience but Christ made us and He accepts us. One of my sisters reminded me the other day that "it's ok to be yourself, accept your flaws". Never forget but improve those flaws. It has taken me a long time to accept my flaws, I'm still working on a few. Our goal shouldn't be to be perfect, although I find myself doing that daily. Our goal should be to strive to be better. Be better the next time than you were this time. Give a better response or no response at all. Don't forget to accept the flaws of others and love them for who God created them to be.
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.'' Ephesians 4:32 KJV
My prayer is that God would give me a meek & quiet spirit. I am far from it but I have come a long way from how I use to respond or act. We do not know one another's heart or what's going on in their thoughts or lives. Satan loves to put thoughts in our minds that make us think things we have no business thinking. Be kind to each other. Don't assume the worse. Be positive. Be there for that person whether they talk to you about what's going on or not. Look, we are all woman with hormones and I'll be the first to tell you that sometimes my hormones get the best of me. I hate it but I'm human. A good friend of mine was talking to me the other day and said it's hard enough to make friend's as an adult so why can't we all just get along.. I'm right there with you friend! Not everyone is going to be good friends but that doesn't mean we can't be friendly.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance..." Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
My prayer is that God would give me a meek & quiet spirit. I am far from it but I have come a long way from how I use to respond or act. We do not know one another's heart or what's going on in their thoughts or lives. Satan loves to put thoughts in our minds that make us think things we have no business thinking. Be kind to each other. Don't assume the worse. Be positive. Be there for that person whether they talk to you about what's going on or not. Look, we are all woman with hormones and I'll be the first to tell you that sometimes my hormones get the best of me. I hate it but I'm human. A good friend of mine was talking to me the other day and said it's hard enough to make friend's as an adult so why can't we all just get along.. I'm right there with you friend! Not everyone is going to be good friends but that doesn't mean we can't be friendly.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance..." Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
My heart hurts for those who feel as though they don't belong or are not accepted. You do, you do belong! You are accepted! Some people are too judgmental, I unfortunately know a few. Just smile their way and say a prayer for them. Kill them with kindness as my mom would say growing up. I continue that saying with my kids. We are all made in the image of Christ. Just because someone may look or act differently doesn't mean they shouldn't be accepted or loved. Please remember, we will never be accepted by the world but we should be accepted and accepting of our brother and sisters in Christ.
We all will have hardships, it's ok to cry over them, to be sad or upset. It may take time to "get over" said hardship but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
*The goodness of God, His mercy & grace are always there for you!
~JuneAnn Miller
We all will have hardships, it's ok to cry over them, to be sad or upset. It may take time to "get over" said hardship but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
*The goodness of God, His mercy & grace are always there for you!
~JuneAnn Miller
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