A Christian Devotional
The Need for Mercy Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; Luke 6:37 Justice revolves around equality, a good for a good and an evil for an evil. Through justice, we are justified to bear grudges towards those who have […]
Read More True Justice (Part 3: Mercy)Where there is Evil, Reckoning always follows For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. Colossians 3:25 As harsh or critical as it may be to accept the rules of the reality around us, one thing will always be clear, evil and immorality will always […]
Read More True Justice (Part 2: Retribution)What is Justice? Though most of us might associate this term with police activity or proceedings in a courtroom, justice in its most rudimentary and conceptual form as actually something quite different. Justice can be described as any behavior that could be considered impartial or objective. It can be described as such a state of perfect neutrality within the scope of any conflict […]
Read More True Justice (Part 1 of 3: Truth)In life, we are constantly in the state of becoming our future selves. At this very moment, our likes and dislikes, our dreams and fears, and our motivations and anxieties all play a large part in not only the present condition of our daily lives through the influence of our current rationality and decision making but […]
Read More Buildings Friendships That Last (Part 2: Our Best Friends)As much as many of us interpret our friendships as a means of enjoying the lives we have in the world we live in, friendship by its core concept holds far more significant insights about ourselves than we may realize. When we deem someone to be our friends, what we are actually doing […]
Read More Buildings Friendships That Last (Part 1: The Importance of Values)As we have concluded in Part 1, so long as we resist the feelings doubt and disbelief that arise in a circumstance of defeat, defeat will have no power over us. When we refuse to tear ourselves down in our losses, we have truly begun to walk the path of victory in the presence of […]
Read More Finding Victory In Defeat Part 2: Accepting TruthOne of the most basic principles we have come to accept in our lives is that whenever we encounter a person whom could be considered immoral or immature, we have the right to judge them for it. If we were to ask ourselves what gives us the right to look down on and speak poorly of […]
Read More JudgmentIt’s easy to love someone who seems to have their lives together. When we see someone who appears to be in complete control of almost every situation and appears to always have their best foot forward, we envy them as in that moment we convince ourselves that their lives are free of the stress and […]
Read More Our Most Stressful Moments Reveal Who We Really AreBoredom is death. You may think that this statement is an exaggeration but think about it, what’s the point of living if all that we can possibly hope to experience is both dull and monotonous? The best moments of our lives come from our encounters with the simple yet pleasant surprises that are often found […]
Read More The Power of Music in Our Everyday LivesI recently apologized to a lot of people about the person I used to be. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. It was hard because I had lived for so long trying to justify myself and my actions, even though part of me knew I was wrong throughout all […]
Read More The Power of Repentance