Acceptance

Excerpt from the book 'Spiritual Mothering' by Susan Hunt~

"Believers can have confidence to approach God because we have been accepted by Him. We have been accepted because of the work of Christ on our behalf. We in turn must extend acceptance to one another. We must be approachable. But people can only approach us with confidence if we have communicated acceptance. It is impossible to encourage one you have not accepted. An attitude of acceptance must be communicated by our words and deeds.

Failure to accept another reveals pride in my own heart: "I know what you should be, what you should do, and how you should do it~my way is right and best." It also reveals lack of trust: "God is not changing you fast enough, so I must help Him.""