Saturday, November 15, 2014

Forgiveness is a Funny Thing

"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." - William Arthur Ward

Friday, November 7, 2014

Ashamed or Not?

Romans 6:21 - What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Why would some professing Christians tell the stories of the life they have put behind them? Why do they tell stories that happened when they were drunk or high? Why do they tell fight stories, bar stories, crime stories and more?

These tales might be funny... to someone who forgets "fools make a mock at sin" (Proverbs. 14:19).

They might be entertaining... to the unsaved who we are trying to win to Christ, but not by showing how much "fun" the unsaved life is.

Why do professing Christians tell such stories? I believe the answer is because they are NOT ashamed of them as they ought to be. They have not had their minds renewed (Romans 12:2). They have stopped doing certain things (hopefully), but they haven't come to see them as God sees them.

This is the essence of true confession. The Bible word for "confess" means "to say the same thing." We say the same thing as God does about our sin: "I did it, it was horrible, it stinks, I wish I hadn't done it, it was for sin like that which Christ suffered pain and death and those things contributed to His suffering."

That's what we say about the sins of our past. Not that they were funny or entertaining or amusing or worthy of a story to impress a co-worker or unsaved neighbor. We say they stink and I'm so glad I'm not like that anymore that I have no desire to even remember it, let alone revel in it for your amusement.

God help us to be ashamed enough of our past to walk boldly toward our future: FORGETTING those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, Philippians 3.

VM

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Worst Ever

Barack Obama was the worst thing to ever happen to the Democratic party. However, he was also the worst thing to ever happen to America as a whole. It's not just the Democrats who will suffer as a result of the worst President ever.

VM

Monday, November 3, 2014

Obama called

Michelle Obama called me Sunday. Apparently she doesn't know me very well or she would know I was in church. She had to leave a message on the answering machine asking me to vote for all Democrats. She REALLY doesn't know me!

Then I saw an interview where she said black people ought to vote for all Democrats regardless of the candidate or their position on the issues. I put two and two together and come to the conclusion she thinks I'm black. She ABSOLUTELY doesn't know me.

Then today I got another call, this time from her husband. I was at work of course, which he would have known if he knew me at all! But I think he is trying to muster the vote among people who don't have jobs and rely on his benevolence. So he left a message urging me to vote for all Democrats.

Of course I am registered with another party so I don't know what they think they will accomplish.

I don't know whether to feel flattered they called, or to feel blessed that they know nothing about me!

In either case, I am anxiously waiting by the phone for their next call, so I can tell them a thing or two. Because they may not know anything about me, but I know more than I want to about them.

Hey Hillary, Obama called. He wants his village idiot back.

Hey Rahm, Obama called. He wants his schemes back.

Hey Holder, Obama called. He wants his credibility back.

Hey America, Obama called. He wants the Senate back. He's not gonna get it this time!!!!

VM

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Time to Wake Up

I might as well wake up when dream after dream is more stressful than real life. I should just get up and go to work on a Saturday rather than sleep in and dream about work with the dreams being much worse than the real thing!

Calgon, take me away... from my own dreams!

VM