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Not Everyone Is Going To Cheer You

“The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away.” - from Psalm 112:10

Nearly all of us like to be praised. Nearly all of us like to be encouraged. Nearly all of us would like the whole hearted support of people around us. Some of us love being affirmed. Not everyone is going to cheer.

Some folks are going to be angry and resentful, not because of anything we’ve done to them, but because of the way they feel about themselves when they look at us. In this case, we can’t be moved by their feelings. We can’t stop doing what we called to be doing, or stop becoming who we are meant to be because someone feels a certain way about it.

And by the way, if we happen to be one of the haters, we need to stop hating on others and start developing ourselves. The scriptures suggest that this kind of resentment and jealousy is a dead end street. “It comes to nothing.” (Also from Psalm 112:10)

Ultimately, until we make up our minds to do what we are supposed to do and what we need to do regardless of how anyone else feels about it, we will never become who and what we are meant to be.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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“So we can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"- Hebrews 13:6

Verse six is the conclusion of a six verse sequence where we, collectively and individually develop fierceness and fearlessness the face of adversity.

First, we always look out for one another practicing kindness, compassion, generosity, and affection. We don’t have to be afraid because we have each other’s backs.

Second, we practice hospitality. There are no strangers. There’s only family we haven’t met. We don’t have to fear being in a new place or being alone. We will be welcomed.

Third, we remember the imprisoned. No matter the mistakes any of us have made, none of us is disposable. Every life can be redeemed. So we have the faith to begin again.

Fourth, we honor our commitments, particularly to the people who have chosen to spend our lives with. We treat those relationships as sacred. They become foundational to our lives.

Finally, while we all need money, material and financial resources, we must remember that these are means and not ends. We love people not money.

If we practice these five commitments, we will become fearless individuals living in fearless communities.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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How Are We Any Better Off?

“It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.” - Psalm 112:5

The psalmist says that those who are ethical and upright and live generously are well. How are we well? In what way are we better off than the mean and the stingy? How are we better off than the folks who are willing to do anything to get ahead?

The scriptures point out that the rain falls on just and the unjust. Good and bad things happen to everyone no matter how we live. We have money challenges, and or health challenges, and or relationship challenges no matter who we are. Life be life-in’ as the expression goes.

I’ve become convinced that what makes the generous and just person better off than the person who isn’t either of those things is the level of peace they experience as they live their lives.

A former colleague of mine back in the day left over $50,000 in the streets when he gave up his old life. But he told me how good it felt not to sleep with a gun under his pillow.

The gift of a peace that external circumstances may be able to shake, but cannot steal is the gift of the Spirit (John 14:27), and it comes to those who trust God enough to be generous, faithful, moral and upright.

We are better off because it’s well with our souls.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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