\u201cDo not be deceived: \u201cBad company corrupts good morals.\u201d\u00a0 1 Corinthians 15:33 CSB
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If you\u2019re mom was anything like my mom, she was always on you about who you hung out with as a child. My mom drove me nuts, God forbid I hang out with anyone who might get me into trouble. I would love to tell my mother the truth I have learned, we\u2019re all bad company. I would love to tell her the only person who is not bad company is Jesus. Every other person on this earth, they are all bad company, including me. One day I will tell her when we meet again in heaven, until then, I\u2019ll tell you. That is literally the point of God\u2019s love for us, He knows that. He knows how corrupt we all are, He sent Jesus to save us from ourselves. We\u2019re all bad company, Mom; all of us but Jesus.
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Have you noticed Heather\u2019s Monday posts?\u00a0 Every Monday Heather posts a random question.\u00a0 She does this intentionally to get you guys talking to each other, she wants to\u00a0 help you get to know one another better. That is why she always makes them fun and light, nothing heavy.\u00a0 I love them, I think Heather has a unique gift for doing them. Today\u2019s was a favorite movie and why. I posted \u201cGone with the Wind\u201d because I have always wanted to be Scarlett, yet the scene I mentioned in my post was one of grace.\u00a0 For those who haven\u2019t seen the movie, it\u2019s set in the old south in the Civil War era. The story revolves around Scarlett O\u2019hara, the most beautiful belle in all of the south, spoiled rotten. She is in love with Ashley, who is married to Melanie.\u00a0 At one point in the movie, she throws herself shamelessly on Ashley. Now Scarlett is also married, but her husband knows her for exactly who she is. When he finds out, he dresses her in a red dress and takes her to a gathering at Melanie and Ashley\u2019s house.\u00a0 Picture it, everyone knows what you have done and you\u2019re about to come face to face with the truth. For the first time Scarlett thinks about someone other than herself as she looks in the sweet face of Melanie. And you know what Melanie does? She walks across the room with open arms and welcomes Scarlett into her home.\u00a0 That my friends, is a true follower of Christ, that is a friend.
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Ironically, I had never seen the movie that way before today.\u00a0 Becky commented on my picture. As I was responding to her, I realized something. I realized, when I was younger I always wanted to be Scarlett, but now that I\u2019m older, I want to be Melanie.\u00a0 Scarlett was beautiful, all the boys were in love with her, she lived in a mansion with servants all around her. Who wouldn\u2019t want to be her? Melanie was plane jane, her marriage was arranged, she had nothing compared to\u00a0 Scarlett. Why would you want to be her? I thought the answers to those questions were fairly obvious, but now I realize, they aren’t I wasn\u2019t answering them from a spiritual perspective, I was answering them from a worldly perspective. I didn\u2019t realize until today, I want to be like Melanie because she is most like Christ.\u00a0 There is nothing about Scarlett\u2019s behavior that is like Christ, but Melanie there is. Melanie\u2019s Christlikeness comes from her actions, not her words. I want my actions to speak louder than my words. I want those actions to be actions of love. I want to be like Melanie.
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