Psalm 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them.
A Well known preacher came to visit the church I attended yesterday and taught the Sunday School lesson from this verse. It was something that I needed to hear and understand. The verse states that " nothing shall offend them". This does not mean I will not get offended. As the preacher said "If you were to come spit in my face after Sunday School I would probably be offended". There are things that people do that offend us. If someone said to me that my child is ugly it probably wouldn't make me feel to great.
However, the Great peace comes when I realize that I can still do what God has called me to do even though someone offends me(accidentally or otherwise). The preacher said, "if you spit in my face after Sunday School, I will still be over there in the auditorium at 11:oo to preach the am service".
This lesson can certainly be applied to you or I as wives and homeschooling mamas. Our husbands can say something we don't agree with...someone at church doesn't agree with home education....There are even times when our children can offend us. But praise God you and I can still do what we need to do when the time comes. If God says to teach our children at home(Duet. 6), Then we can even if someone dislikes it. If we are to be keepers at home(Titus 2) Than we can even if the world doesn't agree. When our husbands say something we don't like we can still submit sweetly because that is what God said we should do(1Peter 3).
I tend to be emotional about things but because of God's Word I don't have to react emotionally to being offended. I can go about my day doing exactly what God expects of me and let Him deal with my emotions.
4 comments:
Amen! Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed what you had to say on the phone, too. It was the Lord's perfect timing that you were able to share that with me. ;o) He knew just what I needed to hear to confirm what He was teaching me yesterday.
I'm committing that verse to memory.
Hope you're enjoying your day!
Miss you, friend.
~ Christina
I just popped over from Christina's to welcome you to the bloggy world. :)
I am a pastor's wife and homeschooling mommy of four wonderful gifts from God. We are originally from the Sunshine State. :)
Have a blessed day,
Mrs. C
Very good post. Christina linked and I came over here to see your blog. It looks very pretty. Don't give up.
Have a blessed week.
Yeah what I hate is when someone does something they know will hurt you and when you are upset about it they smugly quote that verse. I like what you said about it.
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