Weekend One Word: Accept

I’ve been mulling over this verse lately, namely because I have to write a devotion on it for my church next week. I’m not quite sure what I’m going to say yet, but I do know this: It’s a tall order.

It sounds lovely when you first read it, doesn’t it? “Accept others as Christ accepts you.”In fact, it sounds deceptively simple. But think about this verse as it applies to your real, everyday life for a moment.

Jesus accepts us exactly as we are – flaws, sins, foibles, missteps, beauty, selfle...