Today I Choose PEACE . . .

“I will love forgiven.  I will forgive so that I may live.” — Max Lucado

Want to see a miracle? Plant a word of love heartdeep in a person’s life.  Nurture it with a smile and a prayer, and watch what happens.  An employee gets a compliment.  A wife receives a bouquet of flowers.  A cake is baked and carried next door.  A widow is hugged.  A gas-station attendant is honored.  A preacher is praised.  Sowing seeds of peace is like sowing beans.  You don’t know why it works; you just know it does.  Seeds are planted, and topsoils of hurt are shoved away.  Don’t forget the principle.  Never underestimate the power of a seed.

“Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge.” — Hosea 10:12

Q; How are you choosing PEACE today?

Today I Choose JOY…

“I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance.  I will refuse the temptation to by cynical . . . the tool of the lazy thinker.  I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God.  I will refuse so see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God. “ — Max Lucado

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and god our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say” (2 Thesselonians 2:16)

 

Q: How are you choosing JOY today?

Today I Choose LOVE…

“No occasion justifies hatred; no injustce warrants bitterness.  I choose LOVE.  Today I will love God and what God loves.”  – Max Lucado

“If people love me, they will obey my teaching.  My father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” (John 14:23)

 

“We LOVE because He first loved us.” (John 4:19)

 

Q: How are you choosing LOVE today?