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Writer's pictureJeff Warner

My Ways - July 28, 2024


Every single day when you get out of bed one more time and decide to trust me and follow me a little further along the way, I am thrilled more than I can say. So I just have to ask, why are you so unhappy with how I’ve been doing my job lately?


Some of you are standing face to face with the answer to what you’ve been praying for, for a long time, face to face with it. But now you’re praying for me to change it because it doesn’t look like what you wanted or expected.


It would really help us both a lot if you started to embrace the notion that my ways are not like yours so my answers don’t always look like what you had in mind when you asked me to do something.


There is more in the mix here than you would ever imagine, issues of timing and grace and destiny that you cannot fathom


I want to tell you today that I’m going to keep bringing life where there is only death and love where there is only fear and peace where unrest is having its way and that means I’m going to forgive people that you want brought to justice, and I’m going to extend grace to people that you refuse to even acknowledge. I’m going to keep loving people you hate and I’m going to keep hating some things that you keep fellowship with even though they are eating you alive.


I’m also never going to stop being wildly in love with you right where you are here and now in all your chaos and wonder. You can’t change any of that, but you can change your attitude when things don’t go the way you expected.


And you don’t have to like any of this but there is another option. You could learn to recognize what I’m doing when I’m doing it and try to cooperate with me in the process.


You could start extending grace to people who you think don’t deserve it and you could be a vessel of kindness to people who disagree with you and dislike you.


You could even love those who hate you.


Give it some thought. Also, with me, a little thank you goes a long way.





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