WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED....USELESS....
I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I HAVE OFTEN HEARD PEOPLE SAY "HE IS JUST ABOUT AS USELESS AS THEY COME." "SHE IS AS USELESS AS THE DAY IS LONG." "THEY WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING." "WHY DO YOU WANNA HANG AROUND WITH SUCH AS THAT?" I WILL NEVER FORGET HEARING "HE IS JUST SUCKING UP AIR THAT ANOTHER GOOD AND DECENT HUMAN BEING SHOULD BE BREATHING."
WOW....I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY PERSON READING THIS "NOTE" TODAY CAN RELATE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO THE PARAGRAPH I JUST WROTE. SOME HAVE SAID THE WORDS. SOME HAVE "BEEN" THE USELESS PERSON BEING TALKED ABOUT. I AM GUILTY OF BOTH SIDES OF THE STATEMENTS. THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH AND I CALL IT AS I SEE IT. I CANT SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE, BUT I AM TRULY SORRY FOR PASSING JUDGEMENT ON ANYONE. HOW WAS I ABLE TO CALL ANYONE "USELESS"? I WAS PERHAPS THE MOST USELESS ONE OF ALL.
MY LIFE STARTED OUT GREAT. I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. ONCE I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT ON TO COLLEGE, GOT MARRIED, HAD TWO CHILDREN AND COULD HAVE EVEN HAD AN EXCELLENT CAREER. BUT.....I CHOSE TO LOSE MY FOCUS. I CHOSE TO BECOME USELESS. I THREW AWAY MY DREAMS AND MY AMBITIONS. GOING NOWHERE AND DOING NOTHING SEEMED MORE EXCITING. I WOULD EVEN PROUDLY TELL PEOPLE THAT I HAD BECOME A PROFESSIONAL BUM. MY LIFE BECAME AN ENDLESS PARTY. IF SOMETHING WASNT "FUN" I DIDNT WANT A PART OF IT. I PERFECTED THE ART OF BEING USELESS AND DIDNT CARE WHO DISLIKED IT.
AS I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE, DETAILS ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I GAVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF REASONS TO CALL ME USELESS. I LET MYSELF OPEN FOR GOSSIP. THE BIGGER THE SIN, THE BETTER I LIKED IT. IF IT WAS UGLY, IT WAS MINE. I DESERVED EVERY SINGLE BIT OF CRITICISM THAT WAS EVER DIRECTED MY WAY.
IT WASNT UNTIL BECAME TOTALLY USELESS AND REALIZED I WAS NO GOOD FOR MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE THAT I WAS SHOWN MY TRUE VALUE. THE LORD HEARD MY CRIES AND REVEALED SO MUCH TO ME. HE LET ME KNOW THAT HE LOVES THE USELESS. MY GOD BATHED ME IN HIS LIGHT AND SHOWED ME THE ERROR OF MY WAYS. HE COVERED ME IN HIS BLOOD AND MY SINS WERE FORGIVEN. HE HAS GIVEN ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF HIS WORD AND HAS FOUND MUCH USE FOR ME. MULTITUDES OF ANGELS WATCH OVER ME TODAY! THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO BECOME "USELESS" IN ORDER THAT HE BE GLORIFIED! HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE HAVE TRANSFORMED ME IN EVERY WAY. I FEEL COMPELLED TO TELL EVERYONE EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME. HE WANTS TO DO IT FOR YOU AS WELL! IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU! ALL HE REQUIRES IS A HEART OF TRUE REPENTANCE AND A DESIRE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WORD.
LUKE 15:10 "THERE IS JOY IN THE PRESENTS OF THE ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS."
I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I HAVE OFTEN HEARD PEOPLE SAY "HE IS JUST ABOUT AS USELESS AS THEY COME." "SHE IS AS USELESS AS THE DAY IS LONG." "THEY WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING." "WHY DO YOU WANNA HANG AROUND WITH SUCH AS THAT?" I WILL NEVER FORGET HEARING "HE IS JUST SUCKING UP AIR THAT ANOTHER GOOD AND DECENT HUMAN BEING SHOULD BE BREATHING."
WOW....I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY PERSON READING THIS "NOTE" TODAY CAN RELATE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO THE PARAGRAPH I JUST WROTE. SOME HAVE SAID THE WORDS. SOME HAVE "BEEN" THE USELESS PERSON BEING TALKED ABOUT. I AM GUILTY OF BOTH SIDES OF THE STATEMENTS. THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH AND I CALL IT AS I SEE IT. I CANT SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE, BUT I AM TRULY SORRY FOR PASSING JUDGEMENT ON ANYONE. HOW WAS I ABLE TO CALL ANYONE "USELESS"? I WAS PERHAPS THE MOST USELESS ONE OF ALL.
MY LIFE STARTED OUT GREAT. I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. ONCE I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT ON TO COLLEGE, GOT MARRIED, HAD TWO CHILDREN AND COULD HAVE EVEN HAD AN EXCELLENT CAREER. BUT.....I CHOSE TO LOSE MY FOCUS. I CHOSE TO BECOME USELESS. I THREW AWAY MY DREAMS AND MY AMBITIONS. GOING NOWHERE AND DOING NOTHING SEEMED MORE EXCITING. I WOULD EVEN PROUDLY TELL PEOPLE THAT I HAD BECOME A PROFESSIONAL BUM. MY LIFE BECAME AN ENDLESS PARTY. IF SOMETHING WASNT "FUN" I DIDNT WANT A PART OF IT. I PERFECTED THE ART OF BEING USELESS AND DIDNT CARE WHO DISLIKED IT.
AS I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE, DETAILS ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I GAVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF REASONS TO CALL ME USELESS. I LET MYSELF OPEN FOR GOSSIP. THE BIGGER THE SIN, THE BETTER I LIKED IT. IF IT WAS UGLY, IT WAS MINE. I DESERVED EVERY SINGLE BIT OF CRITICISM THAT WAS EVER DIRECTED MY WAY.
IT WASNT UNTIL BECAME TOTALLY USELESS AND REALIZED I WAS NO GOOD FOR MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE THAT I WAS SHOWN MY TRUE VALUE. THE LORD HEARD MY CRIES AND REVEALED SO MUCH TO ME. HE LET ME KNOW THAT HE LOVES THE USELESS. MY GOD BATHED ME IN HIS LIGHT AND SHOWED ME THE ERROR OF MY WAYS. HE COVERED ME IN HIS BLOOD AND MY SINS WERE FORGIVEN. HE HAS GIVEN ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF HIS WORD AND HAS FOUND MUCH USE FOR ME. MULTITUDES OF ANGELS WATCH OVER ME TODAY! THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO BECOME "USELESS" IN ORDER THAT HE BE GLORIFIED! HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE HAVE TRANSFORMED ME IN EVERY WAY. I FEEL COMPELLED TO TELL EVERYONE EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME. HE WANTS TO DO IT FOR YOU AS WELL! IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU! ALL HE REQUIRES IS A HEART OF TRUE REPENTANCE AND A DESIRE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WORD.
LUKE 15:10 "THERE IS JOY IN THE PRESENTS OF THE ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS."
No comments:
Post a Comment