I AM NOT BEING UGLY THIS MORNING, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY IS SO VERY TRUE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, IN OUR TOWN, IN OUR LIVES, WHO SMILE TO OUR FACE THEN CURSE US AS SOON AS WE TURN OUR BACKS. IT IS A FACT OF LIFE. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU HAVE OR HAVENT DONE, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE WHOSE SMILE IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.
WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WHO BRING TRUE SMILES TO OUR FACE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I LOOK AT ROSS OR GINA AND I SIMPLY CANNOT HELP BUT SMILE. MY CHILDREN ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THEY HAVE BOTH CAUSED ME WAY MORE SMILES THAN FROWNS. I HAVENT ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST MOTHER TO THESE CHILDREN, BUT I THANK MY PARENTS AND THE GOOD LORD FOR LEADING THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN I WAS SO VERY LOST. MY CHILDREN MAKE ME HAPPY. THEY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF SO MUCH HAPPINESS IN MY LIFE. MY HEART GOES OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN AND ARE MISSING THE JOY THAT ONLY THEIR CHILD CAN BRING.
I CANNOT IMAGINE ANYONE LOVING SOMEONE MORE THAN I LOVE ROSS AND GINA. IT BLOWS MY MIND TO THINK THAT GOD'S LOVE SURPASSES EVEN THAT. EVEN WHEN I WAS AT MY WORST AND DIDNT EVEN LOVE MYSELF VERY MUCH, THE LORD LOVED ME UNCONDITIONALLY. FOR SO MANY YEARS, I CAST GOD TO THE SIDE AND LET HIM DOWN. LIKE THE LOVING FATHER THAT HE IS, HE WAITED PATIENTLY FOR ME TO GIVE HIM A REASON TO SMILE. I FEEL SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS A PARENT CAN RELATE TO WHAT I JUST SAID.
TODAY, I AM TRULY SORRY THAT MY ACTIONS EVER ERASED THE SMILE OF JESUS AS HE LOOKED DOWN ON ME. I WANT HIM TO BE PLEASED BY MY DAILY LIFE AND ACTIONS. MY BIBLE TELLS ME EXACTLY HOW THIS SHOULD BE DONE. IT REALLY IS A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW WE ARE TO LIVE. OUR BIBLE WILL NEVER LEAD US IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. BY READING AND STUDYING HIS WORD WE WILL SURELY PLEASE THE LORD. WHEN WE LIVE BY HIS PRINCIPLES, WE SHOW THAT WE ARE OBEDIENT. WHEN WE SPREAD HIS WORD, WE ARE REWARDED. WHEN WE LIVE FOR GOD, IT BRINGS HIM PLEASURE TO CALL US HIS CHILDREN.
WHEN JUDGEMENT DAY COMES AROUND, I WANT MY GOD TO LOOK AT ME AS I DO AT ROSS AND GINA. I WANT TO BE PLEASING TO HIS SIGHT. I WANT HIM TO BE PROUD OF THE LIFE I HAVE LIVED. THERE IS A CERTAIN MAN AT OUR CHURCH WHO LOVES TO TESTIFY ABOUT LIVING HIS LIFE IN A WAY THAT BRINGS PLEASURE TO GOD. WHEN THIS MAN ENDS HIS TESTIMONY, HE ALWAYS ENDS WHAT HE IS SAYING BY QUOTING MATTHEW 25:23, A SCRIPTURE MOST PEOPLE KNOW AND LOVE. IT STATES, "HIS LORD SAID TO HIM, 'WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT; YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS, I WILL MAKE YOU RULER OVER MANY THINGS. ENTER INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD." WHAT AN AWESOME SCRIPTURE!!! JUST LIKE BRO JOE, I WANT TO HEAR THE LORD SAY THOSE SAME WORDS TO ME. "WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!!!" I WANNA CAUSE MY GOD TO SMILE!
WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WHO BRING TRUE SMILES TO OUR FACE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I LOOK AT ROSS OR GINA AND I SIMPLY CANNOT HELP BUT SMILE. MY CHILDREN ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THEY HAVE BOTH CAUSED ME WAY MORE SMILES THAN FROWNS. I HAVENT ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST MOTHER TO THESE CHILDREN, BUT I THANK MY PARENTS AND THE GOOD LORD FOR LEADING THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN I WAS SO VERY LOST. MY CHILDREN MAKE ME HAPPY. THEY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF SO MUCH HAPPINESS IN MY LIFE. MY HEART GOES OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN AND ARE MISSING THE JOY THAT ONLY THEIR CHILD CAN BRING.
I CANNOT IMAGINE ANYONE LOVING SOMEONE MORE THAN I LOVE ROSS AND GINA. IT BLOWS MY MIND TO THINK THAT GOD'S LOVE SURPASSES EVEN THAT. EVEN WHEN I WAS AT MY WORST AND DIDNT EVEN LOVE MYSELF VERY MUCH, THE LORD LOVED ME UNCONDITIONALLY. FOR SO MANY YEARS, I CAST GOD TO THE SIDE AND LET HIM DOWN. LIKE THE LOVING FATHER THAT HE IS, HE WAITED PATIENTLY FOR ME TO GIVE HIM A REASON TO SMILE. I FEEL SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS A PARENT CAN RELATE TO WHAT I JUST SAID.
TODAY, I AM TRULY SORRY THAT MY ACTIONS EVER ERASED THE SMILE OF JESUS AS HE LOOKED DOWN ON ME. I WANT HIM TO BE PLEASED BY MY DAILY LIFE AND ACTIONS. MY BIBLE TELLS ME EXACTLY HOW THIS SHOULD BE DONE. IT REALLY IS A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW WE ARE TO LIVE. OUR BIBLE WILL NEVER LEAD US IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. BY READING AND STUDYING HIS WORD WE WILL SURELY PLEASE THE LORD. WHEN WE LIVE BY HIS PRINCIPLES, WE SHOW THAT WE ARE OBEDIENT. WHEN WE SPREAD HIS WORD, WE ARE REWARDED. WHEN WE LIVE FOR GOD, IT BRINGS HIM PLEASURE TO CALL US HIS CHILDREN.
WHEN JUDGEMENT DAY COMES AROUND, I WANT MY GOD TO LOOK AT ME AS I DO AT ROSS AND GINA. I WANT TO BE PLEASING TO HIS SIGHT. I WANT HIM TO BE PROUD OF THE LIFE I HAVE LIVED. THERE IS A CERTAIN MAN AT OUR CHURCH WHO LOVES TO TESTIFY ABOUT LIVING HIS LIFE IN A WAY THAT BRINGS PLEASURE TO GOD. WHEN THIS MAN ENDS HIS TESTIMONY, HE ALWAYS ENDS WHAT HE IS SAYING BY QUOTING MATTHEW 25:23, A SCRIPTURE MOST PEOPLE KNOW AND LOVE. IT STATES, "HIS LORD SAID TO HIM, 'WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT; YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS, I WILL MAKE YOU RULER OVER MANY THINGS. ENTER INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD." WHAT AN AWESOME SCRIPTURE!!! JUST LIKE BRO JOE, I WANT TO HEAR THE LORD SAY THOSE SAME WORDS TO ME. "WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!!!" I WANNA CAUSE MY GOD TO SMILE!
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