When Someone Gets Under Your Skin
January 4, 2024
Max Lucado is one of my favorite authors. He explains things of God to me in ways I’ve never heard. I just read something he wrote about how when people say or do things that get under our skin, we actually have a choice in the matter of how we’re going to react.
He says, “At this point you need to make a choice. Am I going to keep a list of these wrongs? You can… Or you can do something else. You can take those thoughts captive. You can defy the culprit. Quote a verse if you have to: “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse” (Rom. 12:14 NIV). You are not a victim of your thoughts. You have a vote. You have a voice.”
Hope tells me that while I may not be able to choose my circumstances, but I can choose my attitude toward them.
Remember, choose hope today.