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RE: Just a thought ... - 10/31/2008 6:17:09 PM
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Proverbs 19:3.
Some people ruin themselves by their own stupid actions and then blame the LORD.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 11/7/2008 8:11:11 AM
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Difficult as it might be; living one day at a time is a wholesome self-control mechanism which teaches us patience and genuine reliance on our Lord.
Of course, we all like to plan ahead, to be in control of our future, and to prepare for all eventualities. There’s nothing wrong in that, and it would be foolhardy to leave all to chance and do nothing.
Yet, at the same time, we should balance our every plan with the reality of what is now. We should live each day in gratitude for what God has given us rather than look ahead to what is yet to come.
They say “You never know what’s round the next corner”. How true. All it takes is a sudden event, an illness, an accident, something out of our control, to put all our plans into disarray.
Thank you Lord for another today.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 11/9/2008 2:52:27 PM
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What is Faith?
In Hebrews Chapter 11 we read: To have Faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
In other words: To have Faith is to believe when your common sense tells you not to.
There are a lot of people who believe in God. They have Faith in Him and they have proved, to themselves at least, that He exists. These people’s beliefs grow stronger all the time, even when they face great difficulties and tribulations in life. I’ve know people who are very ill, or have endured enormous problems, yet their Faith in God remains forever strong.
How do they do it? What makes their Faith so unyielding even through the most difficult of times? Is it a special gift from God? Or is it of their own doing?
Other people, however, although they have Faith in God, yet, when faced with a problem or a difficulty they doubt whether He will hear their cries for help. They pray that God may help them out of their particular difficulty; or that He might heal them, but still, somehow, they feel frightened. Scared that He may not answer. That somehow their illness will not be healed or their problem will not be resolved. Their doubts get the better of them.
Do these people feature less positively in God’s sight? Is He disappointed that their Faith is weak? Does He forgive their wavering and doubting?
I understand that people aren’t all the same. Some are stronger than others. Some have more Faith than weaker ones who waver. These people have not necessarily denied God. They believe in Him, yet they are not so sure whether He will help them right now or not. They are, after all, human. With human frailties, fears and doubts. I can forgive their wavering.
I believe God does too. Whether He answers their prayers or not, He understands why they waver and He does forgive them.
In Mark 9:24 The father of the sick boy was honest enough to say to Jesus: I do have Faith, but not enough. Help me to have more.
Jesus took pity on him and healed his son.
So too will He have pity on those amongst us whose Faith wavers from time to time.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 11/20/2008 4:52:24 PM
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I saw an interesting nature programme on TV the other day. A wolf cub had been injured in the wild and abandoned by its mother. He was all alone, frightened, hungry and defenseless. Left there he would soon perish.
The TV crew and resident vet tried to capture him and send him to an animal hospital where he could be treated and looked after until he is strong enough to be released in the wild once again. Every time they approached the wolf cub he bared its teeth and attempted to bite his benefactors. Eventually, he was caught and taken to the hospital where, within weeks, he was well again.
When things go wrong in our lives we too tend to behave like that wolf. We are angry at what’s happened, we’re concerned, frightened even, about the future - and we go on the attack. We believe that God has abandoned us, just like that she-wolf abandoned her cub.
When we behave like that, we shut off a channel of communication with God.
When God is temporarily put aside, He doesn’t stop loving us, but we block His influence to do good in our lives. Like the wolf cub, every time God tries to help us we bare our teeth in anger. Our behaviour is futile and un-productive.
The wolf did not realize that by being caught he’d soon improve his hopeless situation. But we should know better, and trust our Lord rather than lash out at Him without thinking.
“I will be with you always, to the end of time.” Matthew 28:20.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 11/27/2008 8:04:00 PM
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A new indoor mountaineering and abseiling center was featured on TV lately. It consists of a large hall wherein a 100 feet high “mountain” has been built with different routes one can climb to the top. Some routes are just vertical walls with tiny crevasses for climbers to fit their hands and feet and pull themselves up to the top. Once at the top, you can walk from one peak to another on this false mountain via rickety bridges made from rope or wooden slippery logs tied together. Alternatively you can slide (abseil) down a vertical smooth wall all the way to the bottom and start again.
Youngsters as well as experienced climbers use this indoor facility to learn and practice before taking up the sport outdoors on real mountains. And it is perfectly safe. Everyone is tied in to elaborate harnesses and ropes which allow you to climb freely, and walk across unsafe bridges freely, yet, should you happen to fall the ropes would hold you and keep you suspended in mid-air until a supervisor pulls you back to safety.
One of the staff explained that it is a unique experience. The climbers know that they are safe because if they lose their grip or footing the ropes and harnesses will take over and save them from a fatal fall. Yet they are subconsciously nervous and fearful that they might fall.
This made me think about our relationship with God. We know He is there and that He loves us and cares for us. Yet, sometimes our doubts and fears take over and play havoc with our Faith – especially when we face difficulties and troubles in our lives.
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” John 14:1 NIV.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 12/6/2008 6:28:53 PM
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This is a story about a little girl about 18 months old. She was born a perfect normal child, but just before her first birthday she contracted a virus infection. This has left her brain damaged, sight and hearing impaired and she cannot eat normally. She has a tube fitted to help her eat.
Her Christian parents have not lost Faith in God. They say they have accepted what has happened and are now moving on. They love her dearly and will do all they can for her. They are an example to us all.
Of course, these parents are not alone in maintaining and even growing in Faith when faced with difficulties. There are many people who have endured terrible illnesses or great problems in life and yet they continue to believe that God is by their side. They do not turn their back on Him, or blame Him for what has happened to them.
When things go wrong in our lives it is natural for us to feel sorry for ourselves. To feel frightened of the future; angry even that this has happened to us.
God knows how we feel and how frightened we are. He forgives our human failings and our panics when we are hurting and concerned for our uncertain future.
He may appear distant to us as our emotions are in turmoil. But as we calm down and learn to trust Him we will, once again, feel His comforting love for us.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 12/14/2008 4:42:35 PM
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Why do bad things happen?
It is important to realize that God allows bad things to happen. He does not make them happen. More often than not, when bad things happen, they are the results of our actions or in-actions. God allows these things to happen to serve His own purpose in His own time and in His own way. We really do not know why He allows them to happen; but we must trust Him.
When bad things happen, it is important to remember that God is still in control. He knows what has happened, how it affects people close to the event, and even people far away and totally detached from it. He never loses control of the situation.
Our reaction to these events is therefore vital. Our human nature will take over and all our emotions will come to the fore – shock, fear, denial, anger and so on.
However, when we have calmed down a little, we should turn to God and praise and thank Him.
We are praising and thanking Him for still being in control of the situation - not because He allowed it to happen.
Our praise acknowledges His supreme power over the whole universe. We are in effect saying that we accept that He allowed the bad things to happen, yet we still trust Him, and trust that His will be done.
When we acknowledge, in such terrible situations, that His will is still paramount; we open the way, in certain circumstances, for Him to turn the situation to the good.
I have seen this happen several times.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 12/20/2008 11:45:43 AM
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I wish all my readers a very Blessed Christmas and may the Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your families always.
Thank you for visiting this Blog. I really appreciate it. Should you wish to comment on anything I say here please either PM me or contact me through my website.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 12/30/2008 10:31:24 AM
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People sometimes ask: Why pray? Will it change the will of God, or budge Him in any way?
As parents, we do sometimes change our minds and give way to our children’s demands, (eventually), especially when they go on and on about something that they want. Perhaps they make us see reason and we oblige them because we love them.
Are we to believe that our Father in Heaven loves us less than we love our own children?
In Luke 18:2, Jesus tells the story of a widow who pestered a judge for so long that he eventually gave in and helped her. This parable teaches us not to be discouraged and always pray to God for our needs. Not what we want. But what we need.
Yet again, in the Lord's Prayer, we are taught to ask God our Father, and we will receive.
Over the years I have learnt that by praying, especially when praying for others, God does listen and sometimes our prayers are answered.
Now then, whether He answers our prayers because we prayed, or He meant to answer them anyway (i.e. it was His will all along); is a debating point which can go on for ever - without us reaching a conclusion.
This is simply because we are not meant to understand Him, and to understand the reasoning behind His actions. He is God. We are not. We really should stop bringing Him down to our level by trying to understand Him with human minds.
Thus, our lack of comprehension is not a good reason not to pray. Jesus often prayed and encouraged us to do the same. We should follow His example and pray - in thanksgiving, in hope, and in the sure knowledge that He is listening.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 12/31/2008 7:07:46 AM
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I wish all my readers a very happy, blessed and peaceful New Year.
Thank you for your support and for your words of encouragement. Much appreciated.
God bless.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 1/14/2009 1:14:20 PM
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Today, I wish to talk about something that is perhaps a little controversial: praying for the dead.
As Christians, we believe that our souls live on after our death. And that we shall be with God in Heaven, unless … OK – no need to go there for now.
So if our deceased relatives and friends are in Heaven with Jesus; why do we pray for them? They are already in a happier place than down here on earth. Are we praying for God to look after them? – He is already doing that. Are we praying to them and asking them to intercede with God on our behalf? Well, here’s a subject for a debate if there ever was one.
There are those who believe we should not pray to the Saints to intercede for us. We pray to God and He alone. So praying to dead relatives and asking them to put in a good word on our behalf is perhaps a step too far.
Or is it?
How do you explain the many instances were people prayed for healings to dead holy people and miracles have occurred in their name? I am thinking of people like Padre Pio, Pere Charbel Makhlouf and others.
Did these people have anything to do with the miracles performed? Did God grant the miracles of healings asked for in their name? Or did the dead people themselves perform the miracles (i.e. their living souls)?
Certainly questions for interminable debates. Yet, at the end of the day it all boils down to one’s beliefs and one’s Faith.
If we really believe that our departed relatives live on – then why not speak to them in prayer? Why not tell them what kind of day we’ve had? Why not ask them to speak to God on our behalf?
Is it truly that far-fetched a proposition?
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RE: Just a thought ... - 1/23/2009 1:58:17 PM
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Don’t try to talk sense to a fool; he can’t appreciate it. Proverbs 23:9
As Christians how much time do we spend in vain trying to convince un-believers about the existence of God? Let everyone see you’re a Christian by the way you live.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 2/1/2009 9:41:50 AM
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How often in life do you meet annoying people? Some more annoying than others. There are those who are always miserable and finding faults with everything in life. Then those who know everything and are expert on every subject you can think – and they’ll let you know it too!
In every walk in life there are those people we meet, customers, clients, colleagues or neighbours who perhaps don’t fit in with our image of happy interesting people we’d like to know and be with. In brief, they are annoying – and we tolerate them because … it’s nice to do so I suppose.
OK. Let’s now stop and think. Behind every annoying person there is a story. There is something there in their life, their up-bringing, their background which has made them what they are – or what they are perceived to be.
Maybe they are annoying to us because we have not bothered to delve deeper into who they really are. Their shyness, miserable outlook on life or desire to show-off their knowledge may stem from a need to be heard and appreciated.
How are you perceived by those who know you? Are you annoying yet tolerated with a kind smile? Just as you treat those you find annoying?
More important – is there anything about you which God finds annoying?
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RE: Just a thought ... - 2/10/2009 6:08:18 AM
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There is a great difference of course between hearing and listening. We hear the noise of the traffic outside, an airplane flying overhead or the TV in the background and we pay no attention.
But when we listen we have to concentrate, to pay attention, to understand and remember what is being said. It is difficult and tiring.
Our level of concentration depends on who is doing the talking. From a baby saying his first words, to a child seeking our attention or our spouse or boss speaking – our level of concentration and listening differs greatly.
It therefore follows that the more important to us the speaker is, and the more vital the message, the more we have to listen carefully.
And who is more important than God? Is He speaking to you right now? Are you listening?
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RE: Just a thought ... - 2/21/2009 7:25:55 PM
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Hello !!!
Is God calling? No … I don’t mean on the phone. Although it would give me a great fright if He called me on the phone.
We read in the Bible that God called Moses for a special task. In the case of Paul God used more drastic measures to attract his attention.
Jesus called Peter to follow Him. And Matthew, and the other disciples.
Over the years God has called many people to do His work. Mother Theresa comes to mind. I’m sure you can think of many more … your pastor for instance.
Is God calling you right now? Does He have a task for you? Are you listening?
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RE: Just a thought ... - 2/27/2009 9:20:21 AM
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They say the whole world is a stage and we are actors on it. They also say this life is no rehearsal – this is it. One and only life.
Let’s consider for a moment we’re on a stage. What part does God want you to play? Are you in a leading role? Centre stage? A great Christian orator, writer, pastor, celebrity or role model?
Or have you only got a minor part? Waiting on the side-lines, behind the curtains, for your time to be in the spotlight?
Whatever part God has given us in this life to witness on His behalf and to spread His Word; we’d better be ready because this is the most important role we’re ever asked to perform in this one life which we have.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 3/3/2009 6:10:31 AM
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Fear is good for you. It stops you from taking un-necessary risks. From being reckless and un-thoughtful in what you do. Fear is natural.
It is a human emotion like all the others. Fear can be real and warranted - we fear punishment and retribution for our crimes, we fear threats from aggressive people, criminals etc ...
Or fear can be imagined and unwarranted - we fear the unknown, new places we have to visit, new situations in our lives, new people we have to meet, or we fear change from the comfort we're used to.
So fear, by itself, being natural, is not a sin. But how we react and deal with it can be.
Too much unwarranted fear could be an insult to God in that we do not trust Him enough to look after us and care for us. Prayers are the answer. Consider carefully what it is that causes your fear and if there is a genuine reason then seek help. Discuss the matter with a trusted relative or friend.
Do not be afraid – I will save you. I have called you by name – you are mine. Isaiah 43:1
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RE: Just a thought ... - 3/14/2009 2:32:37 PM
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Sometimes we need glasses in order to see clearly. Without them our sight is blurred and we see what we think we see rather than what is out there to see.
Someone said to me the other day: God’s love is conditional. If you don’t love Him back He’ll send you to hell.
I suppose, without glasses, you can see it this way. Let’s look at it another way.
God's love is available to everyone. I say available - not forced upon. As our Creator, He loves us and invites us to love Him back. It is an invitation, not a request or an order. Forgive me if I put it another way: It’s like you buying a dog and loving him and caring for him. The dog can return this affection or he can bite you.
The decision to return God’s love by accepting Him and accepting His Son Jesus rests entirely with us. So, to that extent therefore - yes, His love is conditional. It is conditional on us loving Him back and obeying His commandments.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 3/21/2009 2:57:04 PM
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At prayer meeting the other day a newcomer, a middle aged man we’d never met before, said he was about to celebrate his 30th Wedding Anniversary. We all congratulated him.
He said like all marriages, his had its ups and downs, including arguments and silent treatments, but overall it was OK. For their 25th Anniversary he took his wife to Paris. He said the last five years were the happiest of his marriage.
“How will you celebrate your 30th?” he was asked.
“I’m returning to Paris to bring the wife back!”
Absence makes the heart grow fonder – they say. But this joke takes it to extremes.
Sometimes, wrongly, we feel God has ignored us. He is not listening. Abandoned us even. So we give Him the silent treatment. Stop praying. Stop going to church. And eventually we may drift away.
If only we stop and think. When we feel distanced from God it is only because we have moved away. He has not left us. He is always there. Just a prayer away. Ready to welcome us back in His arms with love and forgiveness.
I will be with you always, to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 3/30/2009 10:26:57 AM
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A man goes out of his house and drives away. Suddenly he turns round and returns back home to collect the mobile (cell) phone which he had forgotten.
STOP.
Don’t you realize that for the first 20, 30 or even 60 years of your life you didn’t have a mobile phone because it was not invented? Why is it so important now?
Thank the Lord that we don’t need a mobile phone to contact Him. He’s only a prayer away and waiting.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 4/5/2009 8:27:43 AM
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While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an ababaster jar full of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head. Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, “What was the use of wasting the perfume? It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” And they criticized her harshly.
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a fine and beautiful thing for me. You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.” Mark 14 3-7.
It is perhaps significant that no one asked Jesus, “Why? Why will we always have the poor with us?”
Is Jesus saying that God will always allow poverty in this world? Is He saying that all our efforts to help the poor are in vain?
Of course not. He is not saying this.
Jesus is reminding us that there will always be someone worse off than us. Someone who is poor in material things, poor in spirit, poor in health, poor in education or poor in Faith.
He is reminding us of our responsibility towards those in poverty in one way or another.
If we are fortunate to be rich, we should give to those who have not. If we are in good health, we should help those who are sick. And if our Faith is strong, we should help and pray for those who falter and fail in their walk with the Lord.
This is our responsibility to those who are poor in one way or another.
And with this responsibility comes a greater and more onerous one. That is to answer to Him when He asks us: “And what have you done with the riches I gave you?”
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RE: Just a thought ... - 4/5/2009 12:06:14 PM
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This week we read that, whilst Jesus was arrested, Peter denied Him three times. Luke 22: 54-62.
Is this relevant to us today?
Let’s consider if, like Peter, we ever deny God.
Are there occasions in life when God is mocked at work, or amongst friends and acquaintances, and we keep our heads down, don't say anything in case we're unpopular or laughed at; and in doing so deny Him in silence?
Are there times when people discuss Christianity and we would rather not take part lest they think less of us?
Do we miss opportunities to proclaim our Faith and glorify our Father in Heaven?
For whom the cock crows?
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RE: Just a thought ... - 4/9/2009 6:16:05 AM
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This week, many churches re-enact the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet before the Last Supper. The priest washes the feet of 12 people representing the disciples. You can bet that the chosen 12 have ensured that their feet, (or foot, because usually one foot is washed to speed the whole procedure), are/is as clean as could be, to avoid embarrassment during the re-enactment.
At the time of Jesus, however, things were different. Streets were not as modern and clean as they are now in our towns and cities. They were dusty, muddy if it rained, and no doubt full of deposits from horses, camels and cattle. People wore sandals or even walked in bare feet.
So when they entered a house as guests washing their feet must have been an essential task rather than the symbolism it is in today’s churches. A task left to the servants to undertake.
When Jesus offered, insisted even, in washing His disciples’ feet He was teaching them, and us, a very important lesson.
Here is God Himself, born in poverty, raised in poverty, living in poverty, submitting Himself to perform a task reserved for servants.
Perhaps the disciples didn’t understand the significance of what Jesus had just done. Maybe we don’t understand it ourselves right now.
Yet, He was preparing for an even greater submission and humiliation for us.
Dying a most horrible and painful death on the Cross.
Just for us.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 4/11/2009 7:34:46 PM
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I wish a Happy, Blessed and Peaceful Easter to all my readers.
God bless you.
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RE: Just a thought ... - 4/23/2009 7:06:24 AM
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A very rich woman in hospital in intensive care dies for a few seconds. She sees herself leave her body in a near death experience and meets God in Heaven. “Is that it?” she asks Him, “Am I dead?”
“No,” says God, “you will live for many more years yet!”
She recovers in hospital and is well again. She is so cheerful that she decides to improve herself. She gets plastic surgery done on her face, loses some weight, gets her hair re-styled and dyed a different colour, gets a new set of stylish clothes and looks terrific once again.
A few days later she is hit by a bus and killed instantly.
When she meets God she complains, “I thought you said I’ll live for many years yet!”
God replies, “Sorry, I didn’t recognize you after the make-over!”
When we look in the mirror, do we like what we see?
Is there anything about us we would like to change?
I don’t mean physical characteristics, but things about our character and personality. A little kinder perhaps, more generous, less glum and moody and a bit more hopeful and joyful.
Dear Lord, please help to change me into someone you recognize and like.
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