{"id":12,"date":"2007-02-24T22:37:20","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T03:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.livingbythewordsofgod.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2007-02-24T22:37:20","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T03:37:20","slug":"sometimes-i-get-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I get it right."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am the unofficial family minister.  Performed ceremony today for my nephew and his new wife.  Was pretty nice to be a part of my sister’s family in this way, to reflect on what millions have stood and done before us, generation after generation, marrying and being given in marriage.<\/p>\n

Part of what I shared with them was Ephesians 5.21 from The Message:  “Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another.”  Be courteously reverent to one another.  A person might think that God is the only one to be revered and that is true but I believe it is honoring to God to treat our fellow humans with reverence, as in utmost respect to the One who created them.<\/p>\n

I reverence God so much that I will “be courteously reverent” to my wife, my son, my neighbor.<\/p>\n

I don’t get real preachy around my family; I try not to be preachy around anyone, but I do want to be a person of hope and help in their lives.  And I believe today I was, and I feel pretty good about that.  I think God was pleased with what I did.  Sometimes I get it right.<\/p>\n

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