Acts 24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

Accusations are the weapons of the enemy. It is so easy to lean towards accusations when you see disturbing behavior and you do not know the reasons behind the actions of others. We all have a reason for why we behave as we do. When I do not know a person well enough to have that frank honest discussion, I am allowing my personal fears to cloud my judgment.

I do not want to judge anyone. I have to be honest with myself here, doubt leads to mistrust and mistrust leads to fear. Where is God in all that?

What my heart tells me is that there is rift in the bond of peace where fellowship should be smoothing out the wrinkles. If I were in a Star Wars movie I might say there is a disturbance in the force. Being ill at ease is a cause for prayer within my soul.

God may very well be at work in this situation. Just because I do not see it or feel it, does not mean God has forsaken us. Care must be taken not to drive off anyone in need of God’s love, peace and joy.

Let not my doubts be seen as unbelief. May my prayer be for the Lord to move us to love better and let love do the work it has promised us it will do. Change lives. Amen

Let it begin in me.