What do we need on this Tuesday after Easter, 2024? What’s on your mind this morning? Was your Easter fun and wonderful or hard and lonely or somewhere in between? How are you managing your thoughts? Do you know we don’t need to accept every thought that occurs to us? Some thoughts really are directly from the evil one. He loves to steal, kill, and destroy. Self destructive thoughts that run through some of our minds are from him. God is always constructive and kind. God will not tell us we are a nasty piece of work. God may tell us we need to be kind today to the little kids that irritate us. But he will not impugn our whole character. God’s conviction is specific, clear, and kind. Firm, yes. But not global, diffuse, and cruel. That’s one of the most useful distinctions I know. So, today, that’s something we need. We need to know God is right beside us. We need to know God is tenderhearted toward us. We need to know He can be counted on to convict us, as needed, if our hearts are open to Him. So, that’s my simple wisdom for this Tuesday. God is with us and for us.
The Lord bless you and keep you all your days.