This morning I was reading Romans 14. (Actually, I was having it read to me — The Bible App is great!) The line that really stood out to me was this: “make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.”
The kind of person I want to be is this: one who helps people see that Jesus loves everyone, wants everyone. Sometimes in the past, I’ve let my strong feelings about a couple different political issues interfere with that. I express my opinion about those issues in a way that causes people to feel judged and rejected.
When I do that, I am putting a stumbling block in the way of my brothers and sisters.
Loving Jesus is too big for any one thing to sum up the whole point of it. But if I was to try and sum it up, this would be a key element: “when we screw up and hurt people, he can fix that.”
Please help me use my attempts to get back to writing in a way that also makes me a good ambassador for you Lord.