Today's devotion is an encouragement regarding being mindful of appropriate pauses of story lines and although story lines are appropriately paused, story lines are not finished. For example: The story line of "receiving forgiveness" can be appropriately paused due to relevance of "receiving forgiveness" in a particular circumstance and although the story line of forgiveness is relevant regarding "receiving forgiveness", the story line of forgiveness is not finished due to forgiveness also being relevant regarding "giving forgiveness". The story line of love can be appropriately paused in relevance regarding "loving those who love you" and although the story line of "loving those who love you" has relevance, the story line of love is not finished due to love also being relevant regarding "loving your enemies". The story line of joy can be appropriately paused in relevance of "having joy in the calm" and although the story line of having "having joy in the calm" has relevance, the story line of joy is not finished due to joy also having relevance in "having joy in temptations-trials". So, I encourage you that when you deal with particular story lines, know that the appropriate relevance of the story line in the given circumstance is in pause mode but not finished. You and your families have a nice day!
"The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the Lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt". Matthew 18:26-27 *An example of "receiving forgiveness" as relevance in a particular circumstance (PAUSE MODE.)
"Then his Lord, after he had called him, said unto him, O wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desireth me: Shouldest not thou also have compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?" Matthew 18:32-33 * An example of the need of "giving forgiveness" as relevance in a particular circumstance (FINISH MODE.)
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun rise on evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward he ye? do not even the publicans the same?" Matthew 5:43-46 * An example of separate relevances of "loving those who love you and loving your enemies" (PAUSE AND FINISH MODE.)
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth" 3 John 1:4 * An example of the relevance of "having joy in the calm" (PAUSE MODE.)
"My brethern, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience". James 1:2-3 * An example of the relevance of "having joy in temptations-trials" (FINISH MODE.)
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