We like the tv series "All Creatures Great and Small." If you haven't seen it, it's a true story about a Veterinarian in England. I have read all the books, and we have watched all the series that are out to this point.
Last night, there was a scene where the housekeeper went to the green grocer to get lettuce. The senior Vet has been a real pain to some people in town, including the grocer. When the housekeeper asks for lettuce, he hands her the most wilted, rotten looking one in the bunch.
We were talking about that this morning. John boy said the scene made the grocer as much of a jerk as the vet. If he had "heaped coals of fire" on the senior vet's head, he would have looked much more noble (Romans 12:20 and Proverbs 25:22).
I have to admit that my usual reaction to someone who is hateful is to be hateful back. It seems as if that is the practice these days. Yell at me, and I'll just yell louder.
What if those of us who claim to be followers of Christ tried always to return evil with good and to give a "soft answer" which "turns away wrath?" (Proverbs 15:1.) Why, we might just think we had already started living in heaven!
"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on EARTH, as it is in Heaven."
Wow! Heaven here on this earth! What a wonderful thought!
Last night, there was a scene where the housekeeper went to the green grocer to get lettuce. The senior Vet has been a real pain to some people in town, including the grocer. When the housekeeper asks for lettuce, he hands her the most wilted, rotten looking one in the bunch.
We were talking about that this morning. John boy said the scene made the grocer as much of a jerk as the vet. If he had "heaped coals of fire" on the senior vet's head, he would have looked much more noble (Romans 12:20 and Proverbs 25:22).
I have to admit that my usual reaction to someone who is hateful is to be hateful back. It seems as if that is the practice these days. Yell at me, and I'll just yell louder.
What if those of us who claim to be followers of Christ tried always to return evil with good and to give a "soft answer" which "turns away wrath?" (Proverbs 15:1.) Why, we might just think we had already started living in heaven!
"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on EARTH, as it is in Heaven."
Wow! Heaven here on this earth! What a wonderful thought!
