26 September 2012
Acts
15:37-40 And
Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not
to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphyl'ia,
and had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention, so
that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed
away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the
brethren to the grace of the Lord.
There are just some people
that get under your skin, they seem to know just what to say to get you upset
and their timing is superb. Now it isn’t that you are wrong, but that
they want what they want and when you do not give them what they want, you are
the guilty party. There are even the occasion where
they do not know what they want and you are still the guilty party. Then to add
insult to injury because you are a Christian you have to be the one to say
sorry. Then because you don’t you are accused of being un-Christian and
so you just accept the blame, but find it so hard in your heart to say sorry.
So what does a good
Christian do, well you simply walk away, just as Paul did when he had words
with Silas, when Mark went back home. We also are told in the Bible that when
we have people that are not keeping to the expectations, we simply keep away
from them. We examine our actions, and we ask what could we have done
differently, and maybe we could have, and we ask Jesus to forgive us first and
then with His help we do things differently. Time needs to pass, others need to
mature, and when Jesus moves us, we are then able to accept that we too have
changed.
Be encouraged today to not
beat yourself up over the actions of others.
David
Point to ponder: We need to move on in the grace of the Lord.
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