Be at PEACE....

Be at peace with yourself before endeavoring to bring peace to others.

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You will be better equipped to help a drowning person if you have first learned to swim. If you are charitable at the cost of all your assets, you can only be charitable once and then become a burden on others.

UNITY and HUMILITY

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!"
PSALM 133:1

Do you realize how closely unity and humility are tied together. One breeds the other; neither can exist without the other. They're like Siamese twins, perpetually connected. Personally, I have seen numerous occasions when pride won out (even though it was never that) and harmony faded away... and I mean fast....

Contrary to the stuff you might read today, the words, fight and quarrel, are not apt descriptions of the way to get ahead. They won't ultimately glorify God. Friends are made not fighting and by refusing to squarrel.

Commit yourself to freeing others so they can grow and discover on their own. For a change, as much as is possible, walk away from an argument rather than inviting one. Become more of a peacemaker.

-WISDOM FOR THE WAY

GOD KNOWS OUR LIMITS

"But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness and truth." PSALM 86:15

Our Lord understands our limits. He realizes our struggles. He knows how much pressure we can take. He knows what measures of grace and mercy and strength we'll require. He knows how we're put together.

Frankly, His expectations are not nearly as unrealistic as ours. When we don't live up to the agenda we have set, we feel like He is going to dump a truckload of judgment on us. But that will not happen. So why do we fear it could?

-Charles R. Swindoll