Galations 2, 365 DAYS OF LOVE #131: DOG POO

PASSAGE: Paul Accepted by the Apostles, Paul Opposes Peter

MEMORY VERSE: "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which was being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds, and to put on a new self, created to be like God in righteousness and holiness" Ephesians 4:22-24

NOTES: (v.6) "As for those who seemed to be important--whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance--those men added nothing to my message."
(v.15) "We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners' know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified."
(v.18) "If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker. For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
(v.21) "I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"

ACT OF LOVE: Today, I went to check the mail when I passed by some NASTY, CRUSTY, OLD DOG POOP. Initially I intended to step over it and move on, but I thought to myself, "If I don't pick it up, who will?" Judging from its appearance, it looked like it had been sitting there for quite some time. Also, there was a clan of giant steroid flies swarming it relentlessly. After being completely grossed out, I decided to run home and grab some newspaper to clean up this mysterious dog poo. In fact, it was so crusty that some of it was encrusted on the sidewalk, so I had to scrape it off with the newspaper. DISGUSTING, RIGHT?! But I'm glad I made the townhouse complex a tad more pleasant for the rest of the residents. Oh, and to anyone who owns dogs--clean up after them! Please!