• GOD is the potter, not me. Only God can trully change people. When we work overtime to change people into us.
1 Corinthians 3:7 It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow.
• The same God that made the butterfly made the locust. The same God that made the poodle made the butterfly. The same God that made the horse made the mule. The same God that made me [Joel] made my brother Paul!
Colossians 1:16 for through him God created everythingin the heavenly realms and on earth.He made the things we can seeand the things we can't see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.Everything was created through him and for him.
• When we're always trying to change someone, there is an underlying tension.
• We are drawn to people who have stengths that are different than ours. Not everyone has it all we all have weaknesses and we are supposed to make allowances for those not change them.
Colossians 3:12-13 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
• Our job is to love people...accept them...encourage them...
• The other person may not change but I can. I don't have to spend years reacting negatively to those differences.
Proverbs 18:22 The man who finds a wife finds a treasure,and he receives favor from the LORD.
-- Sent from JRochelle's Palm
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