Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

“One man esteemeth one day above another: another man esteemeth every day alike.” Romans 14:5

We are in the season of Lent; whether we do or don’t practice it, it is still in the season of Lent. Some esteem these days and some do not. Here is the sad part, some condemn others for practicing it and some condemn others for not doing so. Paul said that no one is going to hell for practicing a day or for not practicing it. Since it has no effect on our eternal salvation, Paul adjures us to not make a fuss about another person’s practice of a day or of a season.

Paul was actually quite clear that we are not to condemn our fellow believer for a great many things that we may or may not like. He even declared that nothing is “unclean of itself”. Our forms of Christian practice should be ours to do, or not to do, with full conviction of their rightness if we do them for the Lord. This Lenten season let us remember not to judge, but to love, and our Christian brothers.

Dear Father, Receive the worship we give you from our hearts. Amen.

The Friday Benediction

Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend.  Amen

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