Good Words for Today

Here’s a simple definition of mercy: Doing unto others as God has done unto you. How has God treated you? Has God blessed you? Then bless others. Has God forgiven you? Then forgive others. Has God lifted you up when you were down Then lift others up when they are down.

Search me, O God, and try my heart. See if there be any wicked way in me. Let the truth come out, even if it hurts. Amen.

Obedience won’t necessarily make you happy, but disobedience will definitely disappoint you in the end.

If you seek happiness, you will never find it; if you seek to do the will of God, you will find more happiness by accident than most people find on purpose.

Satan lies, but his lies sound like the truth slightly twisted. It worked with Eve. Make sure it doesn't work with you.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace today. Amen.

When asked how he wanted to be remembered, noted radio commentator Paul Harvey replied, “I want to be remembered as a man who left the wood pile a little higher than when he found it.” That’s a noble goal, but it won’t happen by accident and you can’t wait till the end of life to start stacking that wood. You have to pick up a few logs each day.

How amazing is God’s grace? It covers sins you haven’t committed yet. That’s overwhelming grace.

We are never more like Christ than when we forgive those who have sinned against us.

When God puts his people on a hard road, he gives them iron shoes for the journey.

Galatians 6:2 says, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” When you help someone with their burden, your own burden grows lighter. When you reach out a helping hand to someone else, the Lord makes the way easier for you.

Heavenly Father, may faith rise to banish our fear because if God be for us, and if God be with us, who can be against us? Amen.

During a recent eye exam, the nurse who checked me out said, "The Lord gave us two eyes and one mouth so we would see more and talk less." Then she added, "That's also why he gave us two ears and one mouth." See more, talk less. Listen more, talk less. I think the Lord would approve!

If we are waiting on God, we will not miss anything that matters.