If anyone told you that the Christian life should be full of sunshine, roses, happiness and triumph, I would beg someone to tell that to Paul and then me. It’s easy for me to serve God, I love Him. I have given my life over to Him and everything I do, I do with a mindset of my life not being my own, but His. I died and it is now Christ who lives in me.
Except for when people are frustrating…then what?
I think the hardest part about being a Christian is learning to do life in peace and unity with other Christian’s. 😬 People are messy because we are human. We all make mistakes, we disappoint one another, we say mean things, we are selfish and inconsiderate and the list goes on and on.
I’m especially battling division and fake arguments in my mind these days, I know the enemy is doing his best to stir strife and division in my relationships and the battle is REAL!
I found a key though. I was having one of those fake arguments in my mind the other day and I did what I always do as soon as I realized it, I did as the Bible says and took those thoughts captive and all that jazz…..only for me to be back in that same argument in my mind a couple minutes later. 🤦♀️
Then the Lord spoke to my heart and told me, “Kendra, lose the argument.” 🤨 I’m like…okay??? But I did, in the “fake” argument in my mind, I apologized and said, “you know what, actually I’m wrong, you are right, please forgive me.” As soon as I did that, I was FREE! The argument stopped. I did this for about a week and then the arguments all together stopped! I won, I had victory in my mind and all it took was losing the argument.
HUMILITY…that’s what I’m learning right now. There is a huge key in this concept and I am going to keep digging into it, but I thought I’d share this powerful key the Lord gave me to use in my own life in case it helps you.
Kendra Lewis 