MY LESSON FOR TODAY** A MAN WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPACE. HE HAD AN IMPORTANT MEETING AND WAS RUNNING LATE. NOT A SPACE WAS IN SIGHT. IN DESPERATION, THE MAN TURNED TOWARD HEAVEN AND PRAYED: “GOD, IF YOU FIND ME A PARKING SPACE, I PROMISE TO GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND GIVE UP SWEARING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!” SUDDENLY, THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF HIM OPENED UP. THE MAN LOOKED BACK UP AND SAID, “NEVER MIND, GOD, I FOUND ONE!” THIS STORY DRIVES HOME TWO POINTS. FIRST, IT DEMONSTRATES OUR TENDENCY TO TURN TO GOD ONLY IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND CRISIS. SECONDLY, THIS STORY POINTS OUT THAT ALTHOUGH WE MAY MAKE ALL KINDS OF CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS TO GOD DURING OUR TIME OF NEED, WE OFTEN FORGET ABOUT OUR PROMISES WHEN WE NO LONGER “NEED” GOD’S ASSISTANCE. “THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS: ‘WHAT FAULT DID YOUR ANCESTORS FIND IN ME, THAT THEY STRAYED SO FAR FROM ME? THEY FOLLOWED WORTHLESS IDOLS AND BECAME WORTHLESS THEMSELVES.’” — JEREMIAH 2:5 WE MUST CHOOSE TO REMEMBER GOD IN GOOD TIMES AS WELL AS IN DIFFICULT TIMES. WE MUST CHOOSE TO HONOR THE COMMITMENTS WE MAKE WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH, OR EVEN BETTER, WE CAN DEDICATE OURSELVES TO BECOMING BETTER PEOPLE BEFORE WE ARE IN CRISIS. OUR GOD IS GOOD AND FAITHFUL; HE HAS DONE SO MUCH KINDNESS FOR US . ***THE BEST KIND OF GRATITUDE IS TO MAKE HIM THE FOCUS OF OUR LIVES IN THE PRESENT!! FROM RABBI YECHIEL ECKSTEIN FROM DOTTIE **HOW IS YOUR FAITH * YOUR TRUST AND COMMITMENT WITH GOD? **DO YOU FORGET HIM WHEN ALL IS WELL? **AS FOR US ** IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES **WE PUT OUR FATHER FIRST AND PRAISE HIM FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE. HE IS AN AWESOME FATHER AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR HIS LOVE. THE GRACIE FAMILY PUTS THEIR TRUST IN OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND NO ONE ELSE.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:27:49 +0000
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