Joining today with the #Five Minute Friday group of writers to write on a one word prompt. Today’s prompt is: Deliberate.
I love when the prompt ties up with my day’s Bible reading!
I was reading today in Colossians 3
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:12-14
This whole chapter is full of verbs; doing words; actions. Some of the things we have to be deliberate about:-
Set your minds on things above.
Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature.
Rid yourself of all such things.
Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other.
Forgive one another.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.
Be thankful.
We have to be intentional about these things, they don’t just happen by chance. We have to be deliberate, we have to work at them and that often means making a choice.
Do I choose to satisfy my own desires instead of those of Christ?
Do I choose to show compassion instead of judgement.?
Do I choose to forgive or to hold resentments?
Do I choose to be thankful instead of grumbling?
Where do I need to be intentional today? What do I have to deliberately turn away from and turn towards? What do I need to put off, so that I can put on the better?
Where can I heal instead of hurt? Where can I bring peace instead of pain? Where can I reach out today and show the love of Jesus?
Is there a place you need to show that same intentionality and be deliberate in showing the love of Jesus?
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