Take time to  
receive a little   

Life Seed  

...something that will come   up later to bless you.  




   
  You have been saved!

(not promoted to the rank of Judge!)
You are called as a witness.

If you have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior, that simple fact does not somehow promote you to be judge over other people. In the court of life, you are simply called to be a witness--a witness of the goodness of God and of what you've seen Him do in your own life.  The Lord doesn't need you to carry heavy stones of judgment for Him.  He alone is the qualified and authorized Judge of all the earth.

Love the people who irk and offend you.  Look at those times as opportunities to prove that your patience is rooted and grounded in God's love.  Your getting upset with others (and holding heavy, judgmental grudge-stones) actually hurts you and prevents God from sorting out the situation with wisdom far beyond your own natural, human understanding.

As a balance wheel in a fine jewel-movement watch, stay
seated in the jewel of God's Peace and Love.  You do that by daily humbling yourself to worship the Lord, waiting reverently before Him, reading and meditating His Word, and praying for others. 

As you adopt these practices, you will find greater peace in all you do, and the Lord will be able to move in those difficult situations in some surprising ways.  Let Him protect your "rights."  He will do a far better job.  

                                                                       --Pastor Paul