Joseph’s brothers expected the worst because they had done the worst. What they didn’t expect was blessing.
Tag: offense
The conviction of God is not an insult, but a gracious invitation to change. It’s the Almighty allowing His people an opportunity to identify their offense and alter their course. God sends conviction along with the grace we’ll require when we recognize our sin. He knows how it hurts to acknowledge our failure.
What if we learned from the mistake of the Nazarenes and listened instead?
“Love… it keeps no record of wrongs.” (1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV) I read it and conviction sweeps in, about knocks me off the kitchen stool where I’m currently perched. I immediately visualize my red-stained list. Nearly a year ago I wrote out a record of…
A year or so ago I suffered a great offense. This was the kind of offense that could compel a heart batten down the hatches and never trust again. Quite honestly, since that offense it has been hard to coax my heart back out into…