Blessed are the flexible, they will not be broken.

People will sometimes mistake your actions.

Bloom wherever God plants you.

God given authority is used by God to help us remember what is right and what is wrong.

Don't always assume when someone is beaten up they have done something wrong.

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew.

do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

"I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief 3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed--cut off from Christ!--if that would save them. 4 They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God's special children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave his law to them. They have the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.