Evening
Genesis 3:8 New Living Translation
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.
There is absolutely NOTHING like taking a walk in the cool of the day in Nicaragua. After all the agida, heat, and action, it is pure pleasure to walk and talk with God. I actually go out LOOKING for a conversation with Him, not hide from Him among the trees.
In the evening, God lets everything become more beautiful. The birds chirping themselves to sleep, chickens cooing way up in the top of the trees, cows and oxen doing what ever they do. Even the sights are more beautiful, colors more pronounced right as the sun is setting, the distant mountains turn such a beautiful blue. The beautiful sights and sounds are a sign of a day well spent.
Problems with people are the same way. If you have having problems with someone, keep on loving them. Don’t let them abuse you, but keep on dishing out love in return. As the evenings of our lives approach you may realize that you are gaining the battle and developing a friendship with someone who you would have NEVER EVER thought was going to be your friend. Just like you don’t shrink back from doing what you need to do during the day, under the scorching sun with impossible deadlines, don’t shrink back from mean people. Just as you can’t force fruit to ripe, or a flower to blossom, you can’t force a friendship. Just keep dumping all the love and Jesus on that person possible, and you may just find a beautiful evening of your life with him or her.
Jesus doesn’t want people to be kind to you.. He wants you to be kind to them. Jesus doesn’t want you to make friends. He wants you to be friends with the friendless. He wants to let your life develope into the perfect evening.
We have children here that are IMPOSSIBLE. Same ‘evening recipe’ occurs.
Dean Peters