Peace
Colossians 3:12-17(TMSG)
12So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline.
13Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.
14And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.
15Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness.
16Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God!
17Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way. §
In our daily lives we will have opportunities to not have the peace we need. If we will remember to dress with Love in the morning then we can walk in peace even when times or people try and steal it from you. Paul even says to cultivate thankfulness. Kinda like pulling weeds of despair, bitterness, hurt all the things that can and will steal our peace and begin to work on our love. So first thing today dress in the love that God has so freely given us. Then go dig up some weeds out of the garden of your soul using the shovel of thankfulness to dig them up. That way when troubles try and rise up you can walk in the peace of Christ. Be a blessing today, Sir Gregory
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