Romans 12:14-17

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.  Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  Live in harmony with one another.  Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.  Never be wise in your own sight.  Repay no one evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

 

My spirit rejoices in this verse, and my flesh wants to turn up its nose.  My flesh will have issues when someone cuts me off on the road or doesn’t wait their turn or says something mean.  Now, I know I will feel better if I do this first because if I don’t the problem can get more significant than it needs to be.  Will it make me happy to dwell on it? No.  I prefer to have peace in my life, and that comes with choices and some days I make better decisions than others.  I remind myself that it comes down to cost of time, energy and happiness and I am at the age, I don’t want to waste any of these resources if I don’t have too.