A new issue sat on the merry-go-round of my mind as one of my first waking thoughts this morning.

Around and around and around and around.

Are we having fun yet? You would think so, the way I allowed that issue to have its ride.

Unfortunately, it bordered on nursing an insult, on feeding a hurt.

Sigh

Then I read this:

“And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you” (1 Thessalonians 3:12).

Uh oh

That’s what I need, alright.

I need the Lord to cause my love for others to flourish.

I need the Lord to turn me into a sample of His love — “even as we do toward you.”

I am thankful, yet not nearly thankful enough.

Though that is true in a general sense, right now I have in mind this verse fragment:

“God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory” (1 Thessalonians 2:12).

Me? Me! Called by God Himself to share in His kingdom and glory. Wow!

May I remember that today. And give thanks.

May I remember that today. And focus on Him and His calling.

May I remember that today. And live in His glory and for His kingdom.

Or as the first part of the verse puts it….

“That ye would walk worthy of God.”

For that I desperately need His help.

But I’ll forget. I know I will. I always do.

Even for that I need His help.

That’s OK. That’s how it’s supposed to be!