Let's keep it 💯; conflict is normal but can be awkward.
Let's strive, by the Spirits help, to not operate with Passive aggressive tactics. I feel it's one of the most destructive paths of communication that we wield.
Jesus, help us love each other well in our conflict.
Happy Birthday to my Bride and Mother to my son(coming in late January!!)
Love you girl!!
We are better together!
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I'm sitting here hanging out with two lawyers and 2 OBGYN'S. They are my friends; we kick it FOR REAL. Our life stories and experiences are very different, but there is nothing but love among us.
I thank God for the diversity in friendship I have. Be a friend to make friends.
"I pray that someone loves you enough to SEE YOU when you are not well"-Tabitha Brown
Folks, that "see you" is a lot deeper than what it seems like on the surface.
Rebellion against God always feels original, but I assure you it's not. Even your rebellion is under His Sovereign rule. You can’t outrun His Grace, so don’t even try. Instead, lean into it with everything you have! Run to Jesus, my friends! Nothing in this world will satisfy!!
Having authentic friendships with those you may not align with turns an “issue out there” to a person you genuinely care about and want to flourish.
Being in relationship changes “issues to be fixed” into “People to be loved.”
Are you in relationship with those you disagree with or see as “in error”? Having these relationships does not have to change your conviction, but it will hopefully increase your ability to extend compassion.
Never thought about it before, but you know that famous picture of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a girder way up in the sky and having lunch? Well, here's the photographer who took that picture: Charles C. Ebbets.
I love that I know Jesus. I’m thankful that I live in the land that I do(that’s coming from a black man who has much to take offense within this nation). That being said, Me being a Christian and an American citizen are not of equal impact. Not by a long shot.
#jesusaboveall
Eyes on Jesus, Saints. Walk WITH him TO him. Daily: Prayer, Scripture. The Spirit led are the Spirit fed. Then we’ll know when to stand, when to bow, when to stay, when to go. Palpable peace in dramatic change doesn’t come 2nd hand. It’s in knowing Christ himself called for it.
Pastor/Church Planter—Remember that there are many days when you come home from several meetings with friends and others, where you enjoy food, friendship, coffee, and stories... and all too often this isn’t how your wife’s day went.
Faithfully love your family.
Remain qualified.
“In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8
Not that there are no watchmen on the walls, but rather that if the Lord does not watch over the city, the watchmen stay awake in vain. (Psalm 127:1)
Like I said, It’s messy.
No government or political party will align with values that honor Christ wholesale. They will get it “right” in one area and completely move to ruin in another.
Keep that in mind with all of this.
The sanctity of human life(which I’m for!)should be from the womb to the grave, as well as looking beyond the grave to eternal life. The hypocrisy of many is to fight for that life within the womb but treat that same life like hell and/or with utter contempt when it arrives.
I’m perplexed by the numbers of Christians who think that voting one way or the other is being on the “Lord’s Side”. The “Lord’s side” is not a part of this world's system. This whole thing is messy, That’s why we long for the everlasting Kingdom, ruled by a GOOD King! Jesus!!