Lenten study 2007 - Day twenty-seven
March 23, 2007
Continuing with Colossians 3:12 - clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy,
Just as God has been merciful to me and has touched my heart to enable me to struggle free from a world and a culture that wants to drag me down, my response, Paul says, is to be merciful in human relationships, even to those I just don’t like. I must remember that by most counts I am not very likable.
Matthew 5:43-45a “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be like your Father in heaven, …
Nothing contrasts the Christian mind-set with the world more than this “impossible” command of Jesus. In the terms of Colossians 3:12, obedience consists of allowing God to develop within me a heart of mercy.
Last word: If I will it, God will do it.
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Personally I think you are a very likeable misogynist. I only use that term as you’ve described yourself that way in jest at times. In fact I think that’s where I learned the definition, when you requested that book years past.