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January 22, 2008
A Letter to Danny:
The mortgage guys sure messed-up our economy through their greed and dishonesty
by arranging inappropriate loans for under-financed home-wanters. Now many are
hurting with this economic downturn.
Being unemployed, or under-employed, or loosing your house or an investment - is
VERY tough to deal with. Been there, done some of that! You have to constantly
encourage yourself and not let the Enemy depress you with his lies. You are not
responsible for the economic downturn that has caused your trade to tank! You
are NOT less of a man because you are in financial difficulties. Keep
pressing-on.
Reminds me of Rita Springer's song, I Have To Believe. It has at
this time become one of my favorite songs of all time. It is so encouraging to
me, sends shivers down my back, and moves me every time I hear it, or sing it
myself. (You don't want to be there to hear me!) Try to get the CD and
listen to it till you know it by heart. It basically quotes Scripture! Quote
Scripture through this song. :-)
We are continually bombarded by the fiery darts of the Evil One. And when these
little pricks hit us, we need to put-out the flames, quickly. Its easier to put
them down when they're small pricks, so don't let them grow into smouldering
blazes. Doubts, depression, feelings of inadequacy, troubles, unruly kids...,
when they come at us, we "have to declare" the truths of God, and we have to
choose Truth over lies. You've got to buy this song! It is terrific:
I Have to Believe
(Rita Springer)
I have to believe that He sees my darkness
I have to believe that He knows my pain
I have to lift up my hands to worship
Worship His name
I have to declare that He is my refuge
I have to deny that I am alone
I have to lift up my eyes to the mountains
It's where my help comes from
He said that He's forever faithful
He said that He's forever true
He said that He can move mountains
And if He can move mountains
He can move my mountain
He can move Your mountain too
I have to stand tall when the wind blows me over
I have to stand strong when I'm weak and afraid
I have to grab hold, hold of the garments
Garments of praise
I have to sing praise when the hour is midnight
He unlocks the chains that bind up my soul
My sin and my shame, He has forgiven, and made me whole
I have to believe
My sermon for the day> a bit of my
philosophy of life...
Basically, we earthly creatures are born under God's judgement, unworthy of Him,
condemned to an eternity without Him. Hell. It will be life without God,
forever - getting just what many people chose while on earth: No God.
You can choose life, or you can choose death. Choose life under God, or
choose life void totally of the graces of God our Creator. Its your choice.
Take it or leave it. But study the Bible before you stumble away from it and
loose your chance to choose.
Choose life with God and His goodness,
or choose "life" without God, eternally without any good,
because all that is good comes from God.
Jesus Christ came to earth as God-man in order to make it possible for mankind
to be forgiven by God. We can either choose to follow God's way, or make
our own way. But only God's way through Christ will ever make us
acceptable to a perfect God. Kind of a narrow way, eh? Yep.
That was His idea, not ours.
When we choose to yield our life to Christ, He changes us completely (I
Corinthians 5:17...). In an instant, in that specific moment in time, we are
forever changed. Forever. And nothing can change that! (Romans 8:...35...) We
still look the same, smell the same, and have the same human ills, but in that
moment in time - God flips a switch, makes our spirit alive (which is necessary
because God is a spirit), and He, our Creator, THE CREATOR, at that moment makes
us brand new creatures.
He made all there is, anywhere, and He has so chosen to make this THE WAY for
all his creation. His choice, not ours. We are the clay, and HE is the
potter. Don't forget that. Who do you think you are, anyway? God? No. You
are not. You were merely a lump in His hand, but He has plans for good for
you. Your choice. Now it IS your choice. Believe or, not. Your choice.
When we choose to accept the gift of God, things happen. Real things.
Eternal things. (Not before we choose.) At the moment when we say
yes to God's gift of salvation - His forgiveness of sin, from that moment
in time He accepts us as His Sons (not merely creatures of His creation - but
His flesh and blood sons and daughters). From that moment on, we no longer
are merely normal human beings. At that moment we are made brand new creatures
inside, destined to live and rule with Christ:
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We no longer have to yield to sin
(Romans 6)
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We no longer are under any condemnation
whatsoever from God (Romans 8:1)
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(So don't listen to Satan's lies when he
condemns you when you sin; that is NOT God speaking guilt to you! God calls
us to repent, yes. But He does not condemn us or shame us.)
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And the Spirit of God in that instant
makes our (formerly dead) spirit alive, and somehow, from then on, He lives
inside us. You do not need to understand it, anymore than any scientist
understands what electricity is. They just believe in it, watch what it
does, and go with it. Trust God and draw close to Him.
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"All things have changed...." Once that
change happens, then a growing and learning process begins. And that is
where we all are until we get a new body and a new earth. But that comes
later. In the meantime, "it ain't easy!" |
And although "it ain't easy...", we now
can talk to God, moment to moment, and He hears and cares and answers us,
because now we are His sons and daughters.
Christians ("little Christs"; followers of Christ) are still humans, subject to
this earthly experience, and cannot stop: disease, sickness, economic woes,
accidents, calamities, death and taxes! "The rain falls on the just and the
unjust alike" (Proverbs...), so there are no guarantees about any part of our
life here - except that He loves us and cares for us in the midst of whatever He
allows to come our way, and our eternity with Him can never be taken away from
us, ever (Romans 8:...35...)!
There are many promises to hold onto, and He is intimately involved in our
day-to-day living, and God does answer prayer - but nowhere does His Word say
that we can just pray and everything will then be hunky-dory. But in the
midst of all we experience: His Spirit comforts, guides, convicts of sin,
forgives, restores, answers prayer, heals, strengthens, gives wisdom; and the
fruit of the Spirit is terrific: love, joy, patience, perseverance...(Galatians
5:22, 23).
So hang-in there. And don't spend what you don't got!
Love you, Danny. Your bro',
><>Keith
PS.
About our kids: We are not responsible for how other people run their own
lives. (I almost said "ruin" their lives!) We can do the best we can for our
kids, spouse, friends, family, neighbors, and country, but they can chose to do
whatever the evil they desire to do. It is their choice: good or evil. They
are responsible for their own lives.
Pray for them, but don't let them pile on you ...guilt and
remorse. Be patient. Eventually they might "come-around". Maybe, maybe not,
but you are not responsible for the choices of the adults who used to be under
your roof! They are out of the nest. If they don't show you respect ("honor
your mother and father..."), it hurts, but don't become a puppet on a string for
them. You have your own life to live and cannot go on rescuing them. Everyone
is responsible for their own life, and what they do with it. Plain and
simple.
I figure it's just like you deal with an alcoholic or drug addict. Don't enable
them by giving them money; don't pay their bills, for anything. Don't coddle
them. And don't take their crap. Don't yell and scream. Be gentle and kind,
but be firm. -End of sermon.
:-)
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