If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God. Acts 11:17
It's hard to resist the temptation to try to hinder God. There are all kinds of things and people that I would rather not see included in the Kingdom of God. Mosquitoes and cockroaches, of course, top the list. But more often than I want to admit, I catch myself putting people on that list. "Surely those people aren't included in God's Kingdom."
No matter who those people are, when I hear myself using this phrase, I'm forced to examine my desire to hinder God's expansive love calling everyone into the Kingdom. Difficult as it is, I try to turn from this phrase to prayer for the inclusion of those people in the Kingdom and for the expansion of my narrowness of mind.
Aileen A. O'Donoghue
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Hi Rich,
Great post. I am going to link you up. Will email you as well to fill you in on "who" I am. I will be back to read more on your thoughts.
Ellie
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