Don't Give Up

Don't Give Up!

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." ~~ Galatians 6:9 (NKJV)

"So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don't give up." (HCSB)

Do you ever get tired of doing good? Depending on how honest we're willing to be with ourselves, some of us would answer with a resounding "yes!" Most of us have moments when our feelings have been hurt, once again, by someone who says they love us and sometimes, yes sometimes, we want to hurt back. We want to go against the spirit of Christ in us and lash out, repaying evil for evil. We want to pretend we never heard or read the Scripture about turning the other cheek.

Ah, but then we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the mirror of grace and what we see humbles us. We see not the angelic face of grace-filled holiness, but we see ourselves as we really are apart from redemptive healing, saving, transforming grace...and the reflection is not a pretty one. As we continue to look we see the empty cross, and we remember but for His grace we would not be saved.
And so, rather than lash out in bitter anger, we speak the truth gracefully in love.

Hey, I know how difficult life situations can be, most especially the ones involving people. We're all a bunch of mixed nuts, aren't we? And sometimes we rub each other the wrong way.
My encouragement today is for us -all of us- to keep the bigger picture in view. As sisters, let's step up to the plate and determinedly encourage one another today to do good; to stay the course; to not give up or grow weary.

In due season, we will reap a harvest that is sweeter than anything we can possible think or imagine.
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ~~ Hebrews 12:1-3 Stephanie