Love Acceptance & Forgiveness
Bear with (Accept) each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on Love which binds them all together in perfect unity (col. 3:13-14) Our actions issue from our attitudes. Attitudes are learned; they are also chosen. Only when they become habits, as the consequence of intentional practice, do they really become part of our character - who we really are. Landon Saunders was once heard to say, "You can't win at life if you loose at relationships, and you can't loose at life if you win at relationships." Meaningful relationships are fostered, nurtured and maintained by the habits of loving, accepting and forgiving. Love = intending the best for another whether or not it is deserved. Acceptance = valuing another as potentially bearing God's image. Forgiveness = cancelling all debts incurred by others. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for yo...