Thought of the Day !!

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:1-4

Sometimes Paul can go from preachin' to meddlin' as they say. But to be truthful, sometimes our lives need to be meddled with because we muddle them all up without even realizing it.

We can start a day in prayer or reading a devotional. But before that day ends, we quite possibly have made ourselves out to be anything but imitators of God. Maybe we cursed someone in our minds or had an impure thought about an attractive individual of the opposite sex. It could be that we participated in a joke that made someone of a different color, denomination, nationality or hair color look bad.

Of course there are a whole host of other things that can be found in people's daily lives that are out of place for us Christians. Often times it's not until we look back on them that we realize that what we did or said or the way we acted was not in accordance with God's will. Make it a habit each day to look back on the day before to see where you sinned without realizing it. And then, after asking for forgiveness, give God thanks for allowing you another chance to get it right this day.

In the love of Christ,
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