Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Upon Further Review!

Greetings all,
We are approaching the middle of "Upon further review season",in other word's ;football season!
I was thinking of how changed our life would be if we could review all our decisions and change the ones that didn't turn out the way we expected.Remember the movie"It's A Wonderful Life" with James Stewart?He played "George"who ran a small town savings and loan inherited from his beloved father.Georges' uncle was very forgetful and misplaced the bank deposit,the town "bad guy"who owned the bank and wanted to own the whole town,and would have except for our hero George,found the money and kept it so George couldn't balance his books in time for the audit which would ruin George and his savings and loan company.George decides it would be better if he had never been born;God grants his wish,and the balance of the movie shows George the consequences of his never been born.A few of them were:his wife lived her life as a spinster,his children were never born,his younger brother[whom George saved from drowning when they were children]drowned because George wasn't there to save him,the "all American"city became a loose town with cheap housing,wild women,drunken men,etc.etc.all because George was not there with his goodness,generosity of heart,and fairness towards all people.After George experienced this "UPON FURTHER REVIEW"he begged God to please bring him back into this world,he realized how his being born and the experiences in his life intertwined with so many other people.
The purpose of this letter is to cause you ,particularly,if your going through difficult times and you might wish everyone in your life would be better off if you were never born,and you wouldn't have to go through your trial by fire,to think of the consequences[as George was able to see of that wish].
Lets enter our Almighty God into our picture,He loved us so much that He gave us a "free will"to make all our decisions in this earthly life,and guess what?We don't have to have a "UPON FURTHER REVIEW"because the poor"sin" decisions we make in our life are forgiven immediately; as we ask for forgiveness from our Almighty God"As far as the east is to the west,never to be brought up again"We praise and thank you Almighty God!
One of my Christian brothers told several of us about his Aunt that used to say "I'm a sinner saved by grace",one day he disagreed and said "I happen to sin,I've been saved by grace"do you see the subtle difference?A sinner is not willing to change his/her "sin"decisions;they are not walking with God.A person with a heart change toward God knows when they have turned away from Him[We are convicted!],we are filled with remorse,isn't it a wonderful thing to know God NEVER leaves us,and is always ready to forgive us and bring us back into His fold.
In closing since God Himself doesn't have a "UPON FURTHER REVIEW" once He forgives us,why would you want to wallow in your past mistakes,or not have the faith of His love for you to know He is always with you no matter what your going through.We all need to remember we are His children,He created us,He is with us always.Amen!
Until next time ,may God continue to bless you on your walk towards Him,Joe

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