I love the counseling service provided by the Peanuts character, Lucy. You can get all the help you need for only a nickel! What a bargan! ha!
Seriously, how much does kindness really cost us? A kind word. A kind deed. A smile to a stranger who looks down. These acts usually take very little energy and cost us very little. Then why don't we practice kindness more? I think the key word here is "practice"! It does make perfect! ha! Practicing simple acts of kindness can start at home with our family and friends. The acts can spread to others as we feel more comfortable. Practice does make perfect -- like our pefect Lord and Savior!
Lord, please help us practice love and kindness even though the world doesn't understand it!
Teaching Tuesday
Galatians
We read "the angry book" this week, considered to be the most stern of Paul's letters (though I think I Corinthians is very close in tone). Each time I read a book attributed to Paul or the his school of followers, I wonder what the heck he was thinking! After reading a few chapters this week to get ready for the last few weeks of class, I learned that some of the things that Paul states in his letters are actually parts of letters he received. He is responding to those letter fragments. It is not made clear which parts is parts! ha! Here are my notes from the lesson:
This is Amazing
Justification by faith
We are free in Christ , free to serve
This Befuddles/Bothers me
Circumsion stuff
Known as Paul's angry letter. What about 1 Cor?
North or south Galatia?
Paul's thorn in the flesh
This is worthy of Celebration
Gentiles can know the God of Abraham
The old laws do not matter in Christ
I want to Dig Deeper into this
History of the letter.
Did Jesus remove the favor of God from the Jews?
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We are far from perfect, but despite our mistakes and our sins, we will never abandon the Lord and he will never abandon us - adapted from a statement about Abraham from the EfM Training Guide
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