Keep Your Eye Upon The Doughnut! So, are there ups and downs even in the Christian life? Absolutely. Will friends sometimes drop you, or shoot arrows through your heart? Yes, they will. Will there come tests of your faith when feelings have to be shunned and only your foundational faith will sustain you? You got it! How to be prepared for it? Well, I can tell you that the same God whom you worship in the light is the same God you reach for in the night. God is there with you at this moment--even though you may not be aware of His presence. Keep reaching and believing. As a minister was addressing a group of men, he took a large piece of paper and made a black dot in the center of it with a marking pen. Then he held the paper up before the group and asked them what they saw. One person quickly replied, “I see a black mark.” “Right,” the preacher replied. “What else do you see?” Complete silence prevailed. “Don’t you see anything other than the dot?” he asked. A chorus of no came from the audience. “I’m really surprised,” the speaker commented. “You have completely overlooked the most important thing of all—the sheet of paper.” In life we are often distracted by small, dot-like disappointments or painful experiences, and we forget the countless blessings we receive from the hand of the Lord. But like the sheet of paper, the good things are far more important than the problems that grab our attention. Someone has written: “As you travel down life’s pathway, may this ever be your goal: Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole!”
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:24:40 +0000
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