January 10, 2015

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

I honestly cannot remember my parents ever using this one against me! I’m not sure what I would have thought about it then…

I have seen so many parents blame children for their splitting up or for their failures when they should be looking squarely at themselves instead.

Children should be what holds a family together because we should love our children unconditionally just as God loves us; which should make it easy for them to obey this verse.

If we cannot be trusted then how can we ask our children to trust us? If we cannot love, then how can we ask them to love us?

January 9, 2015

Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

Our God is not a God to stir up anger in people against each other or against the world. Our God is a just God who continues to promote His love toward mankind.

Part of that love is showing us how we should be living one toward another – loving each other without judgement.

Part of a good relationship is learning to love one another no matter what is going on and not judging each other all the time!

Learning to put up with things other people do and not being bitter against them is just a part of us learning more about this love Christ wants us to have.

January 8, 2015

Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

I do like stirring sometimes! Don’t ever take this out of context because it belongs in the whole passage and we will look at a verse a day.

Living in harmony with the one we love should be easy; but it takes both side to make sure the relationship works.

God continues to pour out His love toward us and continues to love and support us.

Is it not fair that we love Him back in return? That we submit to Him in return for all He does. It works in marriage so it will work with God!

January 7, 2015

Colossians 3:25 But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality.

God is a just God. He is not going to ignore the bad things we have done if we try to sweep them under the carpet.

Just because we hide them from our own eyes does not mean they will be hidden from God’s eyes.

But just because others do not see the good things we do does not mean God will ignore those things as well.

God is just – on both sides of the coin!