“Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:9 NKJV).

“Have you ever witnessed the word ‘cantankerous’ in person?” Bob asked his brother-in-law Peter. “I mean to tell you that our son and daughter-in-law have the most cantankerous, miserable neighbor I have ever seen. I would not have responded so nicely to that old man. He has treated them miserably for over a year,” Bob continued. “Then Karita did something that the neighbor didn’t see coming. She made him supper. She baked homemade bread, a full three course supper, and homemade apple pie! That little lady who is barely five foot marched right up to his door and handed him his supper. She said to him, ‘Mr. Charleston. You don’t seem to like us, but I want you to know that we surely love you. Good night,’ and she walked off the porch and came home. You won’t believe the difference in the old man,” Bob said laughing. “You know, Bob, I think that Peter must have had Karita’s neighbor in mind,” Peter said. How about you? Do you have anyone who is cantankerous that needs you to be a blessing?

For today: What a wonderful mission to which we believers are called.