It really isn't about us! We've received mercy... Let's exercise mercy and compassion and allow others to see the God in us! YOUR story can help someone else. YOUR actions can preach louder than you can ever talk. There are many who have been disappointed, become disillusioned, and have turned and walked away from the things of God. Some of us did the same thing -- BUT God! Don't forget where you came from so you can fervently and sincerely pray for others to become enlightened and realize how much God truly loves and cares for them. Some need to come back and others need to come in for the first time. What is the story that your lifestyle, associations, and conversations tell? Let's get it right.
Romans 11:29-31 (AMP)
29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]
30 Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience,
31 So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you—through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].
Romans 11:29-31 (AMP)
29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]
30 Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience,
31 So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you—through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].