And that’s a wrap! School is done for another year. Father, watch over my fellow drivers, be with our kids and all the other staff. May Your love radiate through Your children, lighting the darkness around us! Amen.
1 John 5:6-12 (<<click here to read the passage)
And the testimony is this: God has given us eternal life [we already possess it], and this life is in His Son [resulting in our spiritual completeness, and eternal companionship with Him]. He who has the Son [by accepting Him as Lord and Savior] has the life [that is eternal]; he who does not have the Son of God [by personal faith] does not have the life. AMP
Many of us like to straddle the fence – we like to keep all our options open. But with You, Lord, we have to choose. We are either in or we are out – there is no straddling. Having You gives us eternal life, not having You does not – no gray whatsoever, just a very clear black or white.
But that surely goes against the grain of our societal mindset. We proudly view ourselves as inclusive – no one is left out, and no one is excluded. Everybody’s happy…right? Uh…no. Lots of room for gray and straddling – no room for black and white and absolutes.
One major point to drive home – Lord, You are the originator of inclusivity. The gift of eternal life is extended to everyone – not some, not a few – every one. Not a single person is excluded by You. But we can exclude ourselves. We are not mindless slaves or puppets or robots. We have also been given the gift of free will. Everyone is included, but we can choose to be excluded. We can choose to not abide by the rules, but we cannot change the rules.
Lord, help me to be all-inclusive in my love as You are but may I always be clear on which side of the fence I stand. I…choose…You.
(May 21st, 2017, Sun, 5:59 am)
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