I HARDLY EVER TALK ON THE PHONE. IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO TEXT. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE TALKED MORE ON THE PHONE THAN I USUALLY DO IN A MONTH. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND LOVE. I CAN SURELY INDETIFY WITH THEIR STRUGGLES BECAUSE I HAVENT HAD THE BEST WEEK EITHER. IN A PERFECT WORLD, NONE OF OUR PROBLEMS WOULD EXIST. OUR WORLD IS FAR FROM PERFECT AND NEITHER ARE WE.
WHEN I SAT DOWN AT MY COMPUTER THIS MORNING, I HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY. ONCE AGAIN, I SAW WHERE A FACEBOOK FRINED HAD POSTED A STATUS WHICH I COULD NOT IGNORE. HE HAD POSTED PROVERBS 25:28, WHICH SAYS, "A PERSON WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL IS LIKE A HOUSE WITH ITS DOORS AND WINDOWS KNOCKED OUT." STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT. I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN A PICTURE OF MY LIFE WOULD HAVE RESEMBLED AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN A WAR TORN FOREIGN COUNTRY SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE DESERT. AT OTHER TIMES, A PHOTO OF MY LIFE MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE AN OLD ABANDONED HOUSE WITH GRASS AND WEEDS BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE. I FEEL PRETTY SURE THAT ANYONE READING THIS CAN VISUALIZE AND APPLY THIS PROVERB TO THEIR LIVES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO SELF-CONTROL. WHEN MY HOUSE APPEARED TO BE IN SHAMBLES, I WAS TOO. WHEN MY WINDOWS GOT BUSTED, IT WAS BECAUSE I BUSTED THEM. I TORE DOWN MY DOORS, I SHATTERED THE GLASS AND I NEGLECTED ALL UPKEEP. I DID ALL THIS DUE TO MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL. I REFUSED GODLY DIRECTION. I THRIVED ON SELF WILL. AND NO ONE COULD TELL ME ANYTHING DIFFERENT. I DIDNT CARE. IT WAS MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL THAT FORCED ME TO TURN TO JESUS!
OUR GOD IS A GENTLEMAN. HE FORCES HIMSELF ON NO ONE. HE ALLOWED ME TO WALLOW IN MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL UNTIL I REACHED THE POINT OF NO RETURN. HE SHOWED ME THE ERROR OF MY WAYS. I LOVE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT HIM, I AM NOTHING....THAT IS SO VERY TRUE. GOD SPECIALIZES IN RE-STRUCTURING. HE IS THE ULTIMATE ARCHITECT. HE IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. OUR GOD GETS HIS GLORY BY RESTORING WHAT WE SO CARELESSLY TEAR APART. THANKS TO MY GOD, THE PHOTO OF MY LIFE NO LONGER RESEMBLES AN ABANDONED BUILDING. INSTEAD, HE HAS GIVEN ME A GLIMPSE OF MY FUTURE HEAVENLY HOME! THANKS BE TO GOD!
WHEN I SAT DOWN AT MY COMPUTER THIS MORNING, I HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY. ONCE AGAIN, I SAW WHERE A FACEBOOK FRINED HAD POSTED A STATUS WHICH I COULD NOT IGNORE. HE HAD POSTED PROVERBS 25:28, WHICH SAYS, "A PERSON WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL IS LIKE A HOUSE WITH ITS DOORS AND WINDOWS KNOCKED OUT." STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT. I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN A PICTURE OF MY LIFE WOULD HAVE RESEMBLED AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN A WAR TORN FOREIGN COUNTRY SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE DESERT. AT OTHER TIMES, A PHOTO OF MY LIFE MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE AN OLD ABANDONED HOUSE WITH GRASS AND WEEDS BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE. I FEEL PRETTY SURE THAT ANYONE READING THIS CAN VISUALIZE AND APPLY THIS PROVERB TO THEIR LIVES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO SELF-CONTROL. WHEN MY HOUSE APPEARED TO BE IN SHAMBLES, I WAS TOO. WHEN MY WINDOWS GOT BUSTED, IT WAS BECAUSE I BUSTED THEM. I TORE DOWN MY DOORS, I SHATTERED THE GLASS AND I NEGLECTED ALL UPKEEP. I DID ALL THIS DUE TO MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL. I REFUSED GODLY DIRECTION. I THRIVED ON SELF WILL. AND NO ONE COULD TELL ME ANYTHING DIFFERENT. I DIDNT CARE. IT WAS MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL THAT FORCED ME TO TURN TO JESUS!
OUR GOD IS A GENTLEMAN. HE FORCES HIMSELF ON NO ONE. HE ALLOWED ME TO WALLOW IN MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL UNTIL I REACHED THE POINT OF NO RETURN. HE SHOWED ME THE ERROR OF MY WAYS. I LOVE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT HIM, I AM NOTHING....THAT IS SO VERY TRUE. GOD SPECIALIZES IN RE-STRUCTURING. HE IS THE ULTIMATE ARCHITECT. HE IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. OUR GOD GETS HIS GLORY BY RESTORING WHAT WE SO CARELESSLY TEAR APART. THANKS TO MY GOD, THE PHOTO OF MY LIFE NO LONGER RESEMBLES AN ABANDONED BUILDING. INSTEAD, HE HAS GIVEN ME A GLIMPSE OF MY FUTURE HEAVENLY HOME! THANKS BE TO GOD!
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