A cow will moo instead of clucking.
A dog will bark instead of meowing.
When it rains, something will get wet.
If you make bees mad, you WILL get stung.
If you get bit by a mosquito, it WILL itch.
If you break bones, it WILL hurt.
If you build a garden, there will be weeds in it.
If I sang a solo in church, I would never be asked to
again.
If you put roller skates on me, I WOULD fall down.
If a woman has natural childbirth with out medications
of any kind and says
It wasn’t
that bad, she’s lying.
If I go into my son’s room as he is falling asleep, he
will ask for a backrub.
If I ask my husband to do a job, he will always find a
way to accomplish it.
When I talk to my momma on the phone, she will ask
“How’s my darlin’”
If you are around someone having a laughing fit, you
will at least giggle.
Each spring, the trees will leaf out and the flowers
will bloom.
You have a past.
You are living in the present.
You do have a future. (Someone might argue this last
one…just hang on)
What is a guarantee? The web offered definition and these were the
best:
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of
another.
To assume responsibility for a debt.
(And
my favorite)
To undertake, to free the prisoners.
I bet a lot of you know where
I’m going. But there are some who don’t
and this is who I’m speaking to now.
Someone has given us the guarantee of an abundant life, to have
everlasting joy and peace regardless of our circumstances, unconditional love,
to never leave us or forsake us, and to give us a home in a paradise one day,
Heaven instead of the other awful, fiery alternative. What an awesome guarantee
and who could make such a promise? Jesus
Christ. What is the collateral? We repent of our sins and give them over to
Him, and He takes the guilt away. Once
prisoners to our sin, we are now freed!
The world can be so negative
and people can be such downers. I know,
because I’ve been one of them. Because I
let the hurt of circumstances become stronger than my focus on the Lord of my
life. But when I drew my focus back on
Him and placed my circumstances in His hands and let go, the peace and joy came
back. I started to move past those
circumstances and go on with my life. I didn’t leave them behind. I put them in the hands of the one I knew
could take care of it all and I daily trust Him with the outcome.
I, for one brief moment, took
my eyes off of Him and concentrated on what the devil wanted me too. I wised up and said to him “NO MORE!”. My eyes are focused once again in the right
place, they are wide open, and a smile is back on my face.
Are you smiling? I know bad, gloomy things happen in our lives
and He gives us a time to grieve, but when the time is right, it is time to
move on.
If you’re wondering how to do
this kind of life, it’s really very simple.
You just bow your head humbly before the Lord, repent of your sins
asking Him to take them away and come into your heart and be Lord of your
life. That’s all there is to it. It’s not hard, it’s not complicated. Then you step forward with a renewed way of
living. Once a prisoner, now set free,
no matter where you are sitting.
Wouldn’t you like to be debt
free? Wouldn’t you like to be set free?
Hand the sin over to Jesus Christ and accept the gift of forgiveness that will
last forever.
You want a guarantee? How about John 3:16…’For God so loved the
world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall
not perish but have everlasting life.”
4 comments:
That's been the guarantee I have lived my life on since I was a child, and I as I have aged, I have only become more convinced. Excellent post, Kristin.
Wonderful post.
Good Afternoon Kristin,
I went to this link after i typed in " are there any guarantees in life?", at this point I would like to ask you please do not take what I say personally, I can only relate based on what I have learned, I would like now to relate to you what I have learned, it may or may not be true, and I am delighted you have found some peace. Well I believe in god, but I do not get on with him, I have found that many of the passages in the Bible are totally untrue, for example that one that says, "God is not partial, but in every nation is there someone who fears him is acceptable to him." I find quite the opposite to be true, to me he is no different to fuel/utility companies who say" sign up with us, we are the best deal in town, " and as soon as you do they move the goalposts and raise the prices. Please may I ask you one question Kristin?
If you had your heart set on a beautiful home or some other item which was dear to your heart, and you wanted to purchase it with your life savings, you looked at all the features and all of a sudden the seller says to you" There is no guarantee." Would you still buy it? I know I wouldn't,to me, god is no different to Laban, the father for whom Jacob worked for 7 years and who promised Rachel to him after the 7 years and he tricked him, and made him work for him another 7 years. If you can convince me there is a god who is fair let me know, he does not seem to like me very much. My email is georgealexhenderson@hotmail.com
thnak you for at least reading my post.
George,
I e-mailed you.
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