In my devotion this morning I was reminded that as far as it depends on me, I must live at peace with everyone Romans 12:18. In this life there will always be someone who is bent on opposing us, without a cause. It was in 2006 that I had the honor of preaching at the General Assembly. I prayed, fasted and studied much to prepare a message on the topic that I was assigned. I even went over my message with four anointed, brilliant people for any corrections needed. My desire was to give my very best to the Lord and His people. I knew this was a first to have a women to preach in the night service, let alone an African American, single one. The Lord was gracious and blessed in the service with many being saved, filled and transformed in many ways. I left the meeting and went on a cruise on cloud nine, if you will; only to open my computer and read comments like: I was an embarrassment to the COG, didn’t preach what I was assigned, acted like Flip Wilson, had a sign across my chest that said Pride, and was even accused of sleeping with someone on the EC and many other nasty things. This ruined my vacation being so hurt and angry. Oh how I wanted to retaliate and “jack up” some people. I had preached on holding your peace to others; letting the Lord fight their battles and now it was my turn. I was just not going to have any peace until I forgave them all.
I’ve read several offensive things here in FB and I have asked Holy Spirit to help me to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. Many of you just need to keep your opinions to yourself if you can’t be Christlike about it. During these challenging times we need to be at peace with one another in all of this chaos. Let’s pause and pray together for the return of the Prince of Peace!