“Karen’s Notes!
Insights from a Glory-Bound Lady”

Selected Notes
Volume 7 Number 31 Post #327 “Briefly Peeking at Practical Notes on Her Birthday”
July 31, 2024

Today would have been Karen’s 73rd birthday.

While she had many Scriptures committed to memory, one of her favorites was Ephesians 4:32,

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”

(As you know, through birth, adoption, and foster parenting, Karen and I had many children in our home. If I had $5.00 for every time I heard her quoting this verse to our children, I could fund missions around the world!) Let me share what she wrote to herself about this verse.

Karen wrote: I truly do view my family as a gift from God. I want to say ‘love you’ often to them. Not only do I pray for them often throughout the day, I want to be helpful and help them to learn to accept the demonstration of my affection which is different for my children than the affection I have for my husband. I want to become more like Christ (1 Peter 2:21).”

Here is a challenge to you and me in all of this: It is important to demonstrate the same kindness, tenderheartedness, and forgiveness that the Father has demonstrated to us for the sake of His Son, the Lord Jesus. This might be a real challenge for that hard-to-love family member, associate at work, or person at church. This is a very special opportunity and challenge that we believers face on a regular basis. We are loved and forgiven people. That truth ought to play out in our lives daily.