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What is the answer?

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When you went to bed last night, was the day over?  Had the day become history?  And had all the worries of the morning become written down in your experience of reality?  Yes.  These things are true.

It is also true that when we die our life in this bag of flesh will become “over”.  Our testing will have become history.  All our worries will become written down in our experience of reality.  Yet.  All these things are true.

Speak to yourself.  Ask yourself this question out loud:  “Is it too much to ask to obey the Lord for the short years He has given you to live?”  And listen closely to the answer you give yourself.  Your flesh will balk about that.  “I don’t want to obey!  What?  Are you stupid or something?”  What will your soul speak to you as an answer? 

 

By His Grace.

Special?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“If you drink this beer you’ll be special.” 

“If you shop here you’ll be special.” 

“If you act like this you’ll be special.” 

“If you have lots of friends you’ll be special.” 

“If you know the intricate details of the latest fad you’ll be special.” 

“If you gain that certain position of importance you’ll be special.”

Over the decades and into the centuries, who is remembered?  What great accomplishment can be made that will last for thousands of years?  Martin Luther King is remembered now.  But even as the days tick by there are people trying to rid historical books of his contribution to society.  In 200 years he will be forgotten except by a few.  Hitler is still remembered.  But there will come a time, if there’s enough time, when his contribution (or lack thereof) will be forgotten. 

Men come and go.  Deeds are done and then forgotten.  The only mark left is a memory or a little slab of rock.  Yet every one of us wants to be special and important.  We live out our days trying to leave our mark on this ball of dirt.  But what will last?   And what will happen to our “mark” when eternity rolls into view?

Only that which is built by the Father in Heaven through Jesus will last.  Don’t fool yourself by striving to become something in the eyes of other people.  Serve Him and you have the potential of becoming an eternal mark.

by His Grace.

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At a Loss, For Now.

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I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know what to say.

The truth I speak of man’s demise,

Is causing you to delay.

You think that life is gained by toil.

And conquered by our strength.

And so you battle earnestly.

To gain what you can’t keep.

What stops our growth is plain to see.

It’s the proclamation sure.

That God demands a willing heart.

Not, all the world endure.