Insults {A Sunday Devotional}

(I'm going to try to get back into doing these every Sunday.)

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How do you react when others are being unkind?

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

~ 1 Peter 3:8 ~

Have you ever had someone start a rumor about you? What about having a friend tell someone else about a secret that you confided in her? It's sometimes easy in those situations to react by doing the same thing. You know, starting a rumor take the attention off of you. Sometimes even when someone is teasing us about something it's easy to react by shifting the teasing onto someone else.

Today's verse tells us that that isn't what we should do. It says not to repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessings. This idea is repeated in Luke 6:28 where Jesus tells us to pray for those who mistreat us. It's not always easy, but it's what God wants from us.

The Bible tells us that we are to respond to people by being nice, even when they aren't nice to us. We can respond to rumors by stating that they aren't true, praying for those who started and spread them, and also by not holding a grudge against them. When our friends share our secrets, we can bless them by honoring their trust in is anyway. God wants us to display our inner beauty that comes from Christ in us even when others are not treating us the way they should. But by handling things God's way, our inner beauty shines out for the world to see.

Reflection:

In the heat of the moment, do you react to insults with insults, or with prayer and blessings?

Application step:

Today when people tease you or are unkind to you, respond in a kind way; by praying for them, and doing something nice for them.

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Have a happy Father's Day! :)

Made to Inspire #2

Beautiful...

Favorites from the past couple of weeks

1. My sister graduated from junior high!

2. Mia, the dog I am pet sitting

3. A pretty flower

4, 5, and 6. Pool party with my sisters and bestie!

7. Graduation/birthday cake

Week Ten

A photo of the outdoors...

...write about adventure and life.

Well, it's the last week! I can't believe I actually made it through the whole thing! :D

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Adventure and life... hmm... well, I feel like I just went on an adventure today! I went driving with an instructor for the first time! We went over all kinds of roads - pretty much everything but the freeway! It was kind of nerve wracking at the beginning because I had never driven on busy roads before. But I got the hang of it and didn't run into anything, so that's good! Then, right after that, I babysat (well, not really babysat since he's like 10 years old) which was fun and draining. First, we played on the WII for about an hour and he beat me in every stinkin' game. :P Then, he took out his Where's Waldo book and we looked for Waldo and his friends for an hour and a half. Ugh! I was about ready to fall asleep. :P But I made it through just in time for lunch. Ha ha. Epic fail! I totally ruined the mac and cheese because I didn't read the instructions right. :P Of course, he didn't eat it, so instead resulted to playing outside on his play structure/treehouse thing. It was actually pretty cool and fun since he got to run around and let his energy out. But still, it was good to be home for about an hour before going back out again for Bible study. I love Bible study, but only two of us could make it, so we went out to Yogurtland and then read out of a devotional book. Now, I'm relaxing on the couch after a dinner of Asian food, typing on my computer, and planning on watching Pitch Perfect again with my sisters (I love that movie!), reading Volume 3 of Christy Miller, and going to bed.

Thanks for letting me rant there and talk about my crazy, awesome life. :) Now, to close this post off, remember: adventure is out there! (I love that movie!)

Have a great day // Thanks for reading! :)

Welcoming Josefina to the Family!

Meet Josefina! :)

Her moccasins are so cute!

Look at that hair!

Isn't she beautiful? I love her! I bought her from the wonderful Angelique. I can't wait to introduce her to the family.

Have a great day! :)