Day 249 – Don’t gloat over someone else’s misfortunes.
Today’s Reading: Amos 9, Obadiah, and Jonah 1
Obadiah 1:12 “But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.”
We all have our own issues, troubles, and down and dirty problems. My list is uncountable and probably as long as Santa’s “Naughty or Nice List”. But when I see someone else dealing with something hard, I lay down my problems to help them carry theirs.
Never should I or do I gloat over someone else’s misfortunes, not even if I think they are probably gloating over mine. Genuine concern to the point of tears tugs at my heart strings no matter who it is because of the compassion and power of Christ’s love.
Ill will towards another comes from Satan’s schemes. He likes to mess with our minds and deter our hearts trying to turn us away from Christ’s ways.
In the early 80’s Looney Tunes was one of my favorite cartoons to watch after school. Sylvester the cat and Tweety Bird were always getting into some kind of trouble. Every once and a while Sylvester would have a peaceful angel show up on one of his shoulders speaking goodness into the situation and on the other shoulder a spiteful rotten little angel would speak cruel thoughts into his head. I believe Satan is probably trying to sit on our shoulder or whisper into our ears, telling our head to be spiteful to those who have fallen on hard times, but thankfully our heart is full of the Holy Spirit encouraging us to speak love and truth like Sylvester’s angel.
Which do you want to relate with, the angel or the little devil? Don’t let me find Tweety in your mouth, those feathers are sure to choke you up, but the Words of Christ are sweeter than honey and much better for the soul.
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