Thought of the Day !!

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18 (NIV)

In today's culture that is all about self, we Christians are supposed to be different. We are to obey the two most important commandments, which are to love God with our whole being and to love our neighbor as ourselves. If everything is about us, then these first two commandments get thrown out the window.

It's easy to call ourselves Christians. Many people do. Then they go into the world and live like everyone else so that nobody can tell the difference. It's much harder to actually live as a Christian, obeying the great command to love while showing grace to all those around us.

There may be those out there that are hard for you to care about. And these people may not make living peacefully with them easy. They may antagonize you. They may talk about you. They may act ugly around you. But if you truly want the tag Christian to mean something, you'll have to react in a different way than they act. We must all try to live peaceably with others, showing them the love and forgiveness that our Heavenly Father has shown us.

This isn't always easy. But Jesus never said taking up our crosses would be easy. He just said to do it if we wanted to follow him.

In the love of Christ,
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