Here is today’s Bible reading:  1 Chronicles 19:1-21:27; Romans 2:25-3:8; Psalm 11:1-7; Proverbs 19:10-12.

Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)
A man’s wisdom gives him patience;
it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

We can be so quick to react (and overreact) to others.  The spiritually mature are able to patiently rise above and not get sucked into the drama.

Psalm 11:5 (NIV)
The Lord examines the righteous,
but the wicked and those who love violence
his soul hates.

God is love.  He is also just.  We tend to emphasize the former to the neglect of the latter.

1 Chron. 21:24 (NIV)
But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”

True worship is costly.