Proverbs chapter 4 20-27
My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Romans chapter 14 and 15
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
Who are you to judge someone elses servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he WILL stand, for the L--d is able to make him stand.
One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers everyday alike. Each one should be FULLY convinced in his own mind.
For none of us live to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the L--d; and if we die, we die to the L--d. So whether we live or die, we do so to the L--d.
For thsi very reason, Ch---t died and returned to life so that he might be the L--d of both the dead and the living.
So then, each of us will give an account of HIMSELF to G-d.
Therefor let us stop passing judment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself adn G-d. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Ch---t did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encourgement of the BOOK we might have hope.
Accept one another, then, just as Ch---t accepted you, in order to bring praise to G-d.
May the G-d of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I have found so much comfort in these passages as of late. Just thought I would share.
1 comment:
Thank you SO much for sharing that. Those are words that I needed to read today. You're such a blessing and an encouragement, Heidi Love!
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