Devotion-Monday, May 5th, 2025
By: Frances Taylor

BEING A WITNESS OF GOD'S LOVE TO OTHERS

I'm going to start with the family! If your family is anything like mine, you will have at least one person who doesn't speak to another person. Sometimes that one person wants YOU to choose sides. What do you do? Then there's the neighborhood. Feuds happen. What is your response? Moving on to the workplace, do you treat all your fellow workers with equal kindness and generosity? Your family, neighbors and maybe co-workers know that you are a Christian and that you may go to church. For them, you are an example of the faith that you - that I - profess and there are expectations. We are all God's beloved children. He doesn't play favorites and doesn't expect us to either. Jesus gave us this command: love one another. I don't hear any exceptions in this Gospel passage.

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Family can be really hard. My daughter despite being a devoted Christian took my grandkids out of my life because I wouldn't help fund a business project. That was two years ago this month. Her twin brother lost his life in a motorcycle incident last August and I still haven't seen her or her kids. It's like I've lost five people in my family 😭😭😭😭😭