Have you noticed how frenetic the world is becoming? You can readily see it in listening to the news. You can readily see it in your own little corner of the world.
People seem more divisive than ever before. It appears that we have lost the ability to listen to one another with an open heart (and it is always a heart issue). You may not agree with someone on any given issue but that does not mean that you cannot respectfully discuss. I like to hear another person’s perspective because it is through listening that I can learn not only a different viewpoint but also a little more about the person.
Granted, some just want to engage in diatribe. Do not take the bait. Do not lower yourself to that level. Pray for them. Use your words to heal, never to destroy.
You cannot fight a worldly perspective. You must rise above it. Worldly ways will only denigrate your Kingdom walk. You are here to affect change in the world not to become like the world.
Maintain your Kingdom status at all cost. Be the light that reflects the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. Be in the world but not of it. It is not always easy to be sure but to this we are called as true followers of Jesus Christ.
For it is written:
“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”
