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God’s Love Is Forever. How About Ours?

“For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.” -Psalm 100:5

In the first story, found in the first chapter, of the first book of the Bible it says that God created humanity, male and female in the image of God. In the image of God, God created us. Our lives well lived should be reflections of God.

In the second story, found in the second chapter of the first book of the Bible, it says God breathed the breath of life into the first human and the human being came alive. In the Gospel of John, Jesus breathed on the disciples and asked them to receive the gift of the spirit. We are most fully alive when our lives are animated by God’s presence.

God is good. How about us. We most closely reflect God, and come most alive when we are good.

God’s faithfulness endures forever. How about ours? We most closely reflect God, and come most alive when we are faithful.

God’s steadfast love endures forever. How about ours? We most closely reflect God and come most alive when we love.

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

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We Find What We Look For. Focus On The Positive

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” - Philippians 4:8

We don’t have to look around ourselves too far to find examples of unfairness, injustice, and inequality. There are many dangers in the world. We want to be aware of them. But we don’t want to center our attention on the problems. If we do we will become anxious, angry, bitter, and cynical. We aren’t any good to ourselves or anyone else when we operate from these.

What we want to do instead is to center ourselves in gratitude. We want to count our blessings, look for the good, look for the potential, look for the opportunities. We want to recognize, acknowledge and celebrate our victories and look for signs of growth. Improvement, and progress even if they are incremental.

We find what we look for. If we focus on the good, we will find it nearly every place we look. This will make us hopeful, optimistic, and energized. This will give us the passion and energy to put in the work we need to put in to accomplish the good we’d like to see. Focus on the positive.

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

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Prayer Helps Us Be Ok When It’s Not Ok

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:7-8

Our praying to God doesn’t mean that everything is going to work out the way we’d like it too. In the case of the Apostle Paul who wrote these words, he had been shipwrecked, arrested, beaten, tried, and executed. He had some condition he referred to as a thorn in the flesh which never got better despite his repeated prayers.

My dad was a good man. He spent a lot of his life as a pastor and as a social worker. On top of that he spent a lot of what little free time he had volunteering for a community organization. He took good care of his health. That didn’t stop him from getting cancer. Neither prayer nor medical intervention cured his cancer.

Both Paul and my father prayed regularly and faithfully. What they got out of it, Paul described as peace, and my father quoting the hymn was able to earnestly declare that it was well with his soul. Their prayers let them be ok when it wasn’t ok.

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

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