Welcome to this Saturday edition of Our Daily Bread.

Today's reading is titled Loving Correction, and it was written by Cindy Casper.

For more than 50 years, my dad strove for excellence in his editing.

His passion wasn't to just look for mistakes,

but also to make the copy better in terms of clarity, logic, flow, and grammar. Dad used a green pen for his corrections rather than a red one. A green pen, he felt, was friendlier, while

slashes of red might be jarring to a novice or less confident writer.

His objective was to gently point out a better way.

When Jesus corrected people, he did so in love.

In some circumstances, such as when he was confronted with the hypocrisy of the Pharisees,

he rebuked

them harshly, yet still for their benefit.

But in the case of his friend Martha, a gentle correction was all that was needed.

While the Pharisees responded poorly to his rebuke, Martha remained one of his dearest friends.

Correction can be uncomfortable, and few of us like it.

Sometimes, because of our pride, it's hard to receive it graciously.

The Book of Proverbs talks much about wisdom and indicates that Heating Correction is a sign of wisdom and understanding.

God's loving correction helps us to adjust our direction and to follow him more closely.

Those who refuse it are sternly warned, but those who respond to it through the power of the Holy Spirit

will gain wisdom and understanding.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from the Book of Luke,

chapter 10, verses 38 through 42. As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha

opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening

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