Today’s Thought “The Bedrock of Faith” G. Ward

Leviticus 19: ¹⁸ You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

 

The truest summation in correlating to others (particularly for believers), is to persist in greatest compassion that emulates our Father in Heaven. So many have adopted notions in merely speaking quiet salutations to another who violated their consciousness, while disallowing what was greater continuity prior; as if to say one’s own mouth always carefully echoed peaceable sentiment unto everyone (?).

Our Lord taught every disciple how their praying should be directed to the Almighty and it included “forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors,” *asking God to pardon our sins based on the premise that we have forgiven others who have wronged us. How utterly disingenuous for any to conveniently return to retributional behaviors because they were wronged, but forget the personal, persistent denial of our Savior’s way from the whole of humanity (Ro.12:3)?

“Trust and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”