Good Morning Friends! Thankfully His, Tuesday! This morning I was reading in Colossians 3:12- 14, “Therefore as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Bam! The words clothe with and put on, really hit me…..quite distinct commands from our Father….God’s chosen people…..wow dearly loved……clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, and gentleness and patience…not easy ones to carry out all the time are they…..and bound with love…..put on love….Really!!!?? Well, sure smacked me in the face, this command, the way God wants us to be with others, well it takes a little work….we have to be prepared, be connected to HIM through HIS word and prayer…If we are not prepared through a close relationship with our Father, we cannot clothe ourselves with theses virtues or put on love. Saturday, Kim and I had to fix some fence in a lease pasture so that we could move a few fall-calvers there. The pasture had not been grazed for a couple years, so of course it was very over grown, thick with brush and grass, weeds, over-grown trees….I grabbed some water while Kim loaded the four wheeler with tools and wire we would need….he was prepared for the job. Me, on the other hand….I went in shorts, tank top, and no gloves!!!! Thank heavens I had worn my boots, but I definitely was totally unprepared for the job….I did not put on or clothe myself properly…hence….I cut my hands on the barbed wire, and my legs and arms are covered in scratches and bites, blood on my shorts from my hands and I really was not as much help as I would have liked to have been…..because I was not clothed properly….I went out unprepared! Father, yes I sure got your message for me this morning……I need to stay close to You so that my actions reflect Your love and give You glory. Father help me to clothe myself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience…..clothing myself in Your Love! Father I am so thankful to be Your child….dearly loved!
We love because God first loved us. 1 John 4:19. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12.
Love you all!
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