It would be very difficult to work for peace if you are judging others for their actions and/or beliefs (convictions). Not just difficult but it seems utterly impossible. Having an alcoholic father I really connected with Paul’s admonition in verse 14:20 “Don’t destroy what God has done because of good.
I am not a morning person. I do not like to get up early, nor do I like to talk to people in the morning. However, when I am at the beach, I am up at dawn (or before if I go to see sunrise). I like to walk on the beach and go to my favorite bagel shop when I am up and about.
By our faith in God we experience the overflowing of hope through the Spirit.
The antidote to anger is extending loving kindness, compassion and forgiveness to others.
Luke 2:15-20 (CEB) 15 When the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to
Luke 2:1-14 (CEB) In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax
