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     Typically, I don't comment on political things since this is a spiritual blog, not a political one.  I will let you draw your own conclusions regarding the recent Zimmerman trial.  I have watched very little of it since I am working full time and doing an internship and don't have much extra time.  I did watch as many of you did when the jury came back yesterday and aquitted Zimmerman of all charges.  I also thought about what it must feel like for him to hear the words "not guilty".      My thoughts turn to the spiritual and how now God calls us also "not guilty".  In Colossians 2:13-14 it says, "And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumsion of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."        Unlik

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously" 2 Corinthians 9:6     In my Bible reading this morning,this verse jumped out at me. Earlier in this book, Paul had mentioned the judgment seat of Christ.  This is a time and place where God would test the quality of every believer's work. Each person gives an account of their lives and they are given a reward in relationship to what they did.  This is a separate event for believers.  For non-believers, they experience the great white throne judgment which is not about rewards.     Paul was talking to the Corinthians about giving.  It appears that at an earlier time Paul had begun making arrangements with Titus for the churches to give, possibly to the church of Jerusalem.  Paul commends the churches in Macedonia as first giving of themselves and then also to the will of God.  Paul talks a lot about the spirit in which we should give.  He isn't j