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Harvest Christian Fellowship Devotional for Today:
"Eye Exam"
by Pastor Bob Coy May 15, 2007
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for 'love will cover a multitude of sins.'
-1 Peter 4:8 NKJV
I was recently asked to perform a friend's funeral. His passing came as somewhat of a shock because he was relatively young and very active. As the service began to get underway, my heart was so grieved for his wife and children. But then something momentous began to take place as one by one his family stood and shared with those gathered how this man had impacted their lives.
They shared how he had established a standard of godliness in their home, how he had taught them not only how to pray but also what it means to start each day in prayer, how he was a man who spent time with God before venturing out the front door, and how he led a life that looked a lot like the Lord.
I sat spellbound by the sanctity of the moment and watched with everyone else as my friend's life was honored and memorialized by those who were closest to him. And yet, as deserving as he was of honor, he was not a perfect person. As with all of us, there were faults and flaws. But none of that was important now because when a family loves one of its members, love has a way of overlooking shortcomings.
That same spirit needs to be present when it comes to our fellowship. The family of God is full of flawed and faulty people. And no doubt there will be times when a brother or sister will do something that rubs you the wrong way or disappoints you. In those moments remember that a loving family doesn't focus on the bad but rather the good. As we fellowship we should look past each other's imperfections, and we do this by being filled with the Lord's love.
This devotional delivered by: Harvest Christian Fellowship, NYC
"Eye Exam"
by Pastor Bob Coy May 15, 2007
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for 'love will cover a multitude of sins.'
-1 Peter 4:8 NKJV
I was recently asked to perform a friend's funeral. His passing came as somewhat of a shock because he was relatively young and very active. As the service began to get underway, my heart was so grieved for his wife and children. But then something momentous began to take place as one by one his family stood and shared with those gathered how this man had impacted their lives.
They shared how he had established a standard of godliness in their home, how he had taught them not only how to pray but also what it means to start each day in prayer, how he was a man who spent time with God before venturing out the front door, and how he led a life that looked a lot like the Lord.
I sat spellbound by the sanctity of the moment and watched with everyone else as my friend's life was honored and memorialized by those who were closest to him. And yet, as deserving as he was of honor, he was not a perfect person. As with all of us, there were faults and flaws. But none of that was important now because when a family loves one of its members, love has a way of overlooking shortcomings.
That same spirit needs to be present when it comes to our fellowship. The family of God is full of flawed and faulty people. And no doubt there will be times when a brother or sister will do something that rubs you the wrong way or disappoints you. In those moments remember that a loving family doesn't focus on the bad but rather the good. As we fellowship we should look past each other's imperfections, and we do this by being filled with the Lord's love.
This devotional delivered by: Harvest Christian Fellowship, NYC
