New Clothes

Well we got the tax return rather quickly. So we took the boys out for new clothes. Our boys make me laugh so much. We're in target and getting them all underwear and Brett shoves the undies under the clothes ranting "how embarrassing, people are gonna see, this is horrible". Dave and I are just dying laughing. Then one brother starts taunting another brother about the fact that he prefers briefs while the others like boxers...I'm surprised we weren't asked to leave. I think I may have peed myself I was laughing so hard! Ohhh and I also found some cute Twilight gifts for the girls in my Twilight Club. We'll see who wins this week's Twilight game! As usual, here's Pastor Hersch.

Shelly

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Romans 12:9


One of the first things I remember taking place when I committed my life to Jesus Christ was the erosion of bitterness and anger and the growth of a love I had not known before. Years of bitterness and anger that had been building up just began to dissolve, slowly sometimes…


If we claim to be followers of Christ and harbor bitterness or hatred in our hearts toward someone, there is something very wrong. John was very distinct when he wrote, “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we have not seen?” 1ST John 4:20



John was saying, that if we have hatred in our hearts toward fellow members of the body of Christ, fellow Christians, there is something wrong in our spiritual lives.


Maybe someone has wronged or hurt you. Yet you are to love. You are to forgive. You are not to avenge yourself. Here is why: that bitterness and hatred will do more harm to you than the person to whom you are directing it. It will eat you up inside. It will destroy your life. It will hinder your time of prayer with God.

It will hinder your worship. It will, for all practical purposes, act as an obstacle in the relationship God wants to have with you.

There is no room for hatred in the heart of a child of God. There is no room for bitterness.. There is no room for prejudice.

God wants our love to be honest, and He wants it to be without hypocrisy.

Pastor Hersch