Molded

Today I was faced with a choice…an opportunity to be offended or an opportunity to chose NOT to be offended.  I am thankful that God gave me the grace to choose the latter. 

It would have been very easy for me to become defensive and feel attacked with the situation I was dealing with but that’s exactly what the enemy wanted me to do.  He wants us to turn on each other, bloody each other up, and forget what the fight is really about. 

Why was I able to look past the offense? 

1.  Because I prayed before hand that God would give me grace. 

2.  Because I knew the heart behind the words.  (Note – importance of building relationships with people)

3.  And because I know there have been countless opportunities for God to be offended with me, yet all those times, He, in his mercy,  has looked past my humanity to the heart He created me to have.  And I am grateful for that.

I didn’t walk away offended.  I walked away reminded of the awesome responsibility God has entrusted me with, humbled by the fact that He trusts me with it, and determined that the enemy will NOT have his way!   I am so blessed.