Good morning you guys!

Yes, I ripped out of bed and went right into the second chapter of this sweet little book  to take a quick morning look (yup – only 25 verses) … But WHOA!! There was a lot for me to go and GROW on in there! Soooo, go get your BIBLE and let’s see if you come up with the same concepts as me 🙂

Well I don’t know if you saw it but in the first section,  that word “GREW” came to mind..Did anyone else find two verses that spoke to the reality of our ‘spiritual capacity’  to slowly grow, shift and change over time? 

Yeah! Seems as we seek that PURE Spiritual Milk (aka – GOD’S GOOD WORD), we will  GROW up in our salvation (vs 2) as well as be built into spiritual houses (vs 5).

See?? For a once-upon-a-time-messed-up-girl-like me,  I am so grateful GOD is so into growing people so far forward from where they are at (anyone else singing a Hallelujah and AMEN to that?!! lol!)

I so loved that simple-solid-SOUL truth — yet, Peter kept punching out MORE for me and you to discover. Like how about:

DO not EXPECT that everyone is gonna ‘get’ this whole GOD-thing.

“Sorry, say what???!”, you are thinking…

Sadly, I say ‘yeah’…If you take a closer look at the verses 7 and 8, you will see that this JESUS thing? Is not a ‘’thing” that everyone is gonna accept, receive or CHOOSE to believe. And well, we better be aware that it will even be perceived as downright CRAZY by others out there….(vs 12)

And maybe that doesn matter or seem relevant to you, but to me?? It sure helps bring some clarity to the small quantity of people (well ok, likely a LOT of people) that really aren’t going to be ‘OK’ with me, my worldview and the CHOICES I make as a GOD guides me thru…

And now that I know if that I have to ask: can I truly be ‘OK’ with that “They are not gonna like me” concept?

Well way back in time, I would have to say: “Nope and no way.”…

But today, THANKS to that steady-GOD-GROWTH concept,  I so totally am today!

Yes, I am now ready and eager to risk what people MAY THINK if it MAY HAVE IMPACT on them — purely because I’d far rather be obedient to GOD’S words, than anyone else,…. (vs 8-9)

Yup, take a second read at verses 11-25, and YOU will see a whole different way of living in our society. Especially to those who DO NOT LIKE ME, do not worldview as me, or (even harder) are really very mean to ME.

Ooh.. ahh — ooh and OUCH.

That CONCEPT doesn’t “feel” right, and yet it MUST be true. Because when it is written there in black and white, I know it is GOD’S RIGHT. And that is worth standing up for (or in this case – standing down??) in HIS spiritual FIGHT.

DOING the opposite of what others expect sometimes is the BIGGEST way to IMPACT the world — and even though it sometimes makes no sense  in my human-head, I will CHOOSE to follow it with my willing-heart. Because as I read:

“Those who (choose to) TRUST in the Lord will have NO SHAME”..

So that makes this last CONCEPT a pretty great-GOD-GROWTH-and-GAIN.  I am ready to risk my reputation and CHOOSE HIS RIGHT ways today. But what about you? What will you CHOOSE to do with those around who are just not so nice?? After reading 1 Peter 2 today, what stands out as HIS BEST GODLY advice?? 

I sooo CAN’T wait to read what YOU all have to say…later today!…..Till then, extra love and blessings coming your way…Carol:)

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