Forgivness...

A letter written to a man on death row by the Father of the man whom the man on death row had killed:
You are probably surprised that I, of all people, am writing a letter to you, but I ask you to read it in its entirety and consider its request seriously. As the Father of the man whom you took part in murdering, I have something very important to say to you.
I forgive you. With all my heart, I forgive you. I realize it may be hard for you to believe, but I really do. At your trial, when you confessed to your part in the events that cost my Son his life and asked for my forgiveness, I immediately granted you that forgiving love from my heart. I can only hope you believe me and will accept my forgiveness.
But this is not all I have to say to you. I want to make you an offer -- I want you to become my adopted child. You see, my Son who died was my only child, and I now want to share my life with you and leave my riches to you. This may not make sense to you or anyone else, but I believe you are worth the offer. I have arranged matters so that if you will receive my offer of forgiveness, not only will you be pardoned for your crime, but you also will be set free from your imprisonment, and your sentence of death will be dismissed. At that point, you will become my adopted child and heir to all my riches.
I realize this is a risky offer for me to make to you -- you might be tempted to reject my offer completely -- but I make it to you without reservation.
Also, I realize it may seem foolish to make such an offer to one who cost my Son his life, but I now have a great love and an unchangeable forgiveness in my heart for you.
Finally, you may be concerned that once you accept my offer you may do something to cause you to be denied your rights as an heir to my wealth. Nothing could be further from the truth. If I can forgive you for your part in my Son's death, I can forgive you for anything. I know you never will be perfect, but you do not have to be perfect to receive my offer. Besides, I believe that once you have accepted my offer and begin to experience the riches that will come to you from me, that your primary (though not always) response will be gratitude and loyalty.
Some would call me foolish for my offer to you, but I wish for you to call me your Father.
Sincerely,
The Father of Jesus

Just 5 more minutes

Just Five More Minutes

The radio blaring startled me awake. Just five more minutes, I told myself, as I banged around on the headboard and finally found the snooze button.

Four times, I said just five more minutes, only my snooze alarm is random, it goes off at intervals every where from five to nine minutes. Suddenly it was 33 minutes later than I was supposed to get up and I was in a panic. The rest of the day was thrown off kilter because of just five more minutes.

I haven't decided if the snooze button is a great invention or a curse. I know it impacts me, because I'll play mind games with it. I'll set my alarm ten minutes early because, I can "sneak" a few extra minutes of sleep in when it goes off.

The quality of the sleep isn't very good, but it seems so much better because it is some sleep I've managed to "steal". Truth be known, I would have slept better if I had set the alarm for the right time and simply got up with it.

I wondered this morning how often God had been calling me and I hit my internal snooze button instead. Just wait a little longer God, just a little longer, just a little longer. Suddenly I'm running way behind and I missed out on the opportunity to listen or to serve.

God puts someone on my heart and says give them a call or drop them a note. Okay God, just as soon as I .... and then it's weeks later. I find out that in the interim they had been going through a crisis time and really could have used some encouragement.

We all do it. I think I do it less now than I used to earlier in my walk, but I'm far from perfect. I'm so glad He is a loving, patient and merciful God.

He's used to people putting other things ahead of time with Him or in obedience to Him.

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"

"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her. Luke 10:38-42 NIV

Martha would have made time after the house was perfect. The disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane would have prayed with Jesus after a little nap.

When will you make time to listen and obey?

Until next time, may you take the time with Him instead of playing games with life's snooze alarm. 

S.O.A.P. Genesis Chapter 4 v:7

S cripture     O  bservation   A pplication   P   rayer

Scripture: Genesis Chapter 4 v.7 Discussion

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S.O.A.P Genesis Chapter 3 V:6-10

S cripture     O  bservation   A pplication   P   rayer

Scripture: Genesis Chapter 3 v.6-10 Discussion

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S.O.A.P. Genesis Chap 2

S cripture     O  bservation   A pplication   P   rayer

Scripture: Genesis Chapter 2 v.1-3 Discussion

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S.O.A.P. Genesis Chap 1

Genesis Chap 1 Discussion.
S cripture
O bservation
A pplication
P rayer
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What is S.O.A.P

Everyday we will embark on a journey into the Word of GOD. The method we Employ is S.O.A.P.ing. This video tells you how to do it.

The value of time

The Value of Time
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To realize the value of one year;
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realize the value of one month;
ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of one hour;
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute;
ask the person who has missed the train, or bus or plane.

To realize the value of one second;
ask a person who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond;
Ask the person who has won silver at the Olympics.

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more if you can spend it with someone special.