To offend or not to offend

It's finally Friday. I thought the last hour of work would never get over. But it did. Great things are happening in our super-church area. God is moving with in our kids. It is awesome to see. It says in the bible that we should have faith of a child. Which we need to believe God's word as it is. Don't think about it just believe in it. As grown ups we like to pick things apart. Could this actually be real or I don't think it could be that easy. God's word is that easy. We we believe and have faith in the word we can and will move mountains. It is that easy. It's so easy that a child can do it. So why do we make it look so hard. We have to conform our minds to be one with God's. We need to have a simple mind. Not complex. Remember we need to be like children. Children are great examples in many things. Let's take a big topic that most grown-ups do all the time. That is offense. If a child gets offended about something 2 minutes later they have forgotten about it. As adult's we keep offense in us for years or a life time. Over what? Something that we or the other person doesn't remember any more. Offense is one of the biggest bruises that Christians get. It's hard to love thy neighbor if you have offense towards them. It's hard to help them in a time of need if you are offended against them. Let's keep things simple. Jesus could have been offended by many, but He chose to love. That is what we need to do. Offense will hamper what God wants you to do. Or even the movement of God. That is why it is sooooooooo easy to be offended. The devil knows if he can get you to be offended then God won't be able to move in your life as easy. Here's an example of an offense. We had some friends that we didn't invite to our baby shower. Some say how could you do such a thing. Well first of all. They were short of money at the time. We felt that we would rather have them use there money else were. Even though we could have told them that we didn't need a gift. We all know what would actually happen. On top of that the house that we had the shower at they didn't like the church that they attended. Let's just say they had some dislikes of the pastor. We had no choice were the shower was because it was family. Well my friend is the pastor's son. I didn't want to have a very weird environment for them. They never knew why we didn't invite them. All they knew was that other people were invited and they weren't. They had a choice. They could be offended or not. Offense is a choice. You have a choice to be offended or not. So let's get back to the basics of a child. Let's be simple and just believe and not question. Let's forgive and forget. And not hold things in. Let's have communication with eachother instead of being offended. God Bless.