Just the other day I was talking with a young man who came up to my P/U. I asked him if he would like a bible and he said no. After a few questions he began to pour out his life story. For being only 30ish he had done a mess of living. Run ins with the law married, divorced - luckily no children.
He said his ex wife was an avid christian girl and, to him, was always urging him to come to church with her. Like so many lost he would wait until he got his life straightened out. That was my story for 51 years. Little did he know Jesus like all good fishermen cleans the fish after He catches them. He'll get it one of these days.
He also mentioned that church and being a christian looked to him like being in jail. No, to everything he thought was fun. Even a list of 10 commandments that he thought had to be obeyed to the letter of the law to get to heaven.
I quickly explained the 10 Commandments were not a set of handcuffs or a corrective whip that struck you down each time you failed to keep one. I likened the 10 Commandments to a large umbrella. A umbrella provided by God to lovingly keep us protected. It becomes our choice as to whether we decide to stay under the umbrella or wander out. I know for myself as long as I stay under the umbrella of God my life goes along OK. Its when I step out from under Gods protection that i get into trouble.
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God Bless,
Larry
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