“Carry one another’s burdens;

in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

~Galatians 6:2, HCSB~

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

AMY CARMICHAEL HAS a note in her little book If…

“A cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted.”

If it is full of sweet water and is jolted, what will come out of the cup?  Sweet water.  If you gave it a harder jolt, what’s going to happen?  More sweet water.  If someone is filled with sweet water and someone else give him a “jolt,” what will come out?  Sweet water!  Jolts do not turn sweet water into bitter water.  That is done by something else.

Jolts only bring out of the container what’s already in the container.  If you’re filled with sweetness and light, and you get jolted, you’re going to spill sweetness and light.  If you’re filled with honey, the honey will come out.  If vinegar comes out, what does that prove?  It shows what was already in the container.  In other words, bitterness is not based upon what the other person did at all.  It is the result of what we do and are.  Jim Wilson

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking

be put away from you, with all malice.”

Ephesians 4:31

I’m so thankful for Mike Benson and his wonderful devotionals.  He has blessed me tremendously through his writings.

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee