Fourth Sunday after the Pentecost Audio

Let me give you a verse - if you remember only one thing from today - this is it: Romans 12: 8, “As far as it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Did you hear that: “As far as it is possible” - because sometimes it’s not - “as far as it depends on you” - you are not responsible for the other person - “live at peace with everyone.” And this is because you have better things to do than walk around being angry or hoping birds poop on people’s cars. You do not have to rent space out in your head to people. You don’t have to let people hijack your thoughts. You do not have to let people steal your peace or make you feel miserable. You may not be able to fix things - or fix them - but you can choose to live at peace. We can’t always - in fact more and more we rarely can control a lot of the things that happen to us - but we can always choose how we respond. And that is important!