Make Forgiveness Part of Your Routine
Is it back to routine for you or do you miss those days? In the book of Ecclesiastes we find the idea that there is a season for all things. If there is a season for all things, then we should expect that things are going to change, once again. We can find in our faith, a way to navigate those changes with joy and peace. Our faith, which is our understanding that God exists and is involved in our life, allows us to open ourselves to the workings of the Holy Spirit. When we take some time to listen to that ‘still small voice’ within us, we often find that we can learn to not “react” to what is happening around us. Life is happening all the time and there will be good and bad days. However, we know that God is with us no matter what. I’m not suggesting that we stop paying attention to what is going on in the world (although that is tempting) but that we learn to be “observers” of what is happening. When we take a step back and not take it personally when something happens, we are obs...