November 18, 2020 – Food for the Soul

Why do we do things over and over again? The answer is that we want the things that we do to be perfect. Why isn’t one time good enough? The answer is that we want to impress others instead of doing what we do for God. Over and over again we are given more than enough chances to get our lives right before Jesus returns.

Over and over again God forgives us for all of our wrongs, but we often take Him for granted. What if He did not give us chance after chance to get our lives right? What if He did not forgive us? What would we do then? How would we feel? The truth is, it would not matter how we feel. We would be punished on the very spot, no questions about it.

Over and over again we forget to put God first in our lives, why? Simply because we are selfish human beings. We only think about ourselves, what we need and want from Him, but do we ever stop to thank Him for all of the things that He has done for us since the beginning of time? Do we thank Him for the life that He gives us on a daily basis? We should always put Him first! He does not have to give us anything, He does not owe us anything; but sometimes we seem to think so when we are at our last hope, at the end of our rope, about to throw in the towel.

Over and over again, He looks at His creation, which is us…I can just imagine what He would say to us if He would tap us on the shoulders and get our attention…I could just imagine the shocking look that would be on our faces. Would we change, or would we stay the same? Would we give Him the time that He deserves from us? Would we spend time in the Word even more? Would we pray more often than usual? Would we be more loving, kind, helpful, compassionate towards others, and would we genuinely love our enemies like HE wants us to do?

Over and over again, He loves us unconditionally. He picks us up when we fall. He protects us, and keeps us fom danger, He makes a way when there seems to be no way, He comforts us when we are feeling in despair, He is our ever present help, and most of all, He is the Great I AM!

Over and over again, let us not forget that He sent HIS ONE AND ONLY SON INTO THIS WORLD TO DIE FOR OUR SINS, THAT IS REAL LOVE! Nothing can ever compare to the love that He has for us.

Jesus tells to love one another as I have loved you. Over and over again, His love never fails.

We all have feelings, but sometimes our feelings are hurt by what people say to us. Some people just don’t care about another person’s feelings and how they hurt them. People do not realize that some have done harmful things to themselves because of what someone said to them.

When we were growing up, we always thought that everyone was good and respectful, but we were looking at things though rose colored glasses. We could not see people as mean, and hurtful. As children, we were happy and carefree until someone hurt our feelings, or did something to us to make us close ourselves in and not trust others.

It is the same way now as we have gotten grown and come to the realization that all people are not good. There are people in the world that lives to torment other people because that is just who they are, and there are those that love others and care for them, and care about what happens to them.

There are those that are false accusers because they don’t know how to receive the truth, so they falsely accuse others to make themselves feel good, and think that they have brought the other person down to their size, but in all actuality they are just fools. The truth sounds like a lie to them, and a lie sounds like the truth to them; they do not know any better because that is how they were raised.

When talking to someone, consider their feelings, think before you speak. The words that we speak carry a lot of weight. Words can save a life, or words can bring death; why? Life and death is in the power of the tongue. We need to watch the doors of our mouth at all times, and watch what we let come from our hearts. We don’t know the depth of our hearts, and we don’t know what someone is going through when we are speaking to them. Let us always be encouragers. Let us always lift someone up, not tare them down. Let us always speak with love as Jesus would have us to do, after all He is always listening to what we say and how we say it.

Let our words be seasoned with salt, as we are lights in this dark world. The world we live in is in a dark state right now. We should be spreading love, joy, and happiness, lifting each other up, encouraging each other. When we do the right things it touches the heart of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; He smiles on us, and rain down blessings that we do not have room enough to contain.

As you go through out your day and night, lift someone up with a kind word. You just never know whose life will be changed for the better. God Bless.