He can change anyone

Have you ever noticed that it seems that anyone trying to do something good will be torn to shreds in today's media. If you are a Christian, if you try to live your life and base your decision-making on GOD'S standards, you will get ripped apart by others. We shouldn't be surprised that it happens but it most certainly does.

I applaud and pray for those who continue to fight the fight and to persevere in the path that GOD has laid out before them. It can't be easy to continue on when everything good thing you do is criticized and trampled. Especially when you see others that won't stand for our country praised. But, again, we shouldn't be surprised.

Today's word is Proverbs 29:27, NIV, which reads, "The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright."

JESUS told His disciples that the world, the "religious" folks, those that don't know Him in a real and personal way, would hate them. BUT, they need not be surprised because, the world, the "religious" folk, those who don't know Him hated Him first. As Christians, we shouldn't be surprised that others stand in defiance of everything we stand for, everything we believe in; they hated our SAVIOR first.

The difference, though, is while they stand against us (they really stand against JESUS) and hate us, we pray that one day they, too, will come to know JESUS and serve Him. And, if they ever do, it will change their world, and ours.

I think about Saul of Tarsus and how GOD transformed Him into Paul the Apostle, once Paul allowed Him in and allowed the hate to stop. We will continue to push on and to pray. If GOD could change Saul of Tarsus, He can change anyone.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T