Holly Furtick and other speakers share a story about a regrettable moment at HomeGoods to explore how grace matters in everyday life. They argue that how you treat others affects your closeness with Christ, and suggest asking God to change how you see people.
Not too long ago, I went to HomeGoods, and I think it was a Saturday because God and everybody was there. And I drove around and there was only one parking space available. And I drive a really big mom suv, but I'm really good at parking it. And so I whip into this space and it was close, but it's a big car. That's how you drive it. And so I whip into this place and the owner of the car that I got really, really close to, like probably inches, she happen to be sitting in her vehicle and she watched the whole thing and she looked at me and she was like, you almost hit my car. And I, you know, I've been driving around looking for this space for a while. And so I looked back at her and I was like, what? Because what was the best word I could think to say in the moment, you know, the best thing that could. We all have moments, moments we wish we could take back. Moments I'm not even going to share with you here that are a lot worse than what happened at home. Goods. We all have moments that we know are covered by God's grace, but we hope that they're covered by people's grace, too. And there's always forgiveness to be found in Christ. But we have to realize that our outward actions and our responses to others can affect our ability to sense the presence and the peace of God in our lives. And if you're wondering why you don't feel close to Christ, why you don't feel peace in your heart, maybe you should check how you're treating other people. Unfortunately, we don't get to choose the people that God has placed in our lives and on our paths. We don't get to choose the family that we're born into, but we do.
Get to choose how we see the people in our lives. And I know that the people in your life are messy. It's messy. And loving them is complicated. It's like the farthest thing from simple. What I'm asking you to do today, because I know there's history and there's pain and there's things that have been said and there's the way people always have acted.
I get it.
I'm just asking you to think if you feel far from God, you might need to ask God to help you change the way you see his sons and daughters.
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