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Hang On!
God is love and He dwells within you. When you truly love, it is God loving through you. Therefore, it is never wrong to love. Love means you love enough to do whatever is in other's best interest, meeting the needs of their heart. Sometimes,...
Sammy Davis Junior Found Religion
In 1954, Sammy Davis Jr. converted to Judaism, which led to him being the subject of several anecdotes. One time he boarded a bus in the deep, segregated south. "Git to the back of the bus", said the rude driver."But I'm Jewish", protested the...
Spiritual Skepticisms
As we traverse this spiritual journey there are several skills that we must incorporate into our repatare of spiritual beliefs if we are to grow on the spiritual path. I think that the most important is the balance we have between the esoteric...
Spiritualism's Tools And The Last Days
Spiritualism is a religion whose basic appeal is contacting the dead. Some of the members of the spiritualists attend séances, promote methods of healing and investigate psychic phenomena. Some people become involved in spiritualism because they...
We are made to resist...
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. Acts...
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A Man of His Word
Suppose we make a promise that seems fully reasonable. Though later, circumstances arise in which we have to neglect someone in need in order to fulfill that promise.
Maybe a person came to visit and was just leaving in time to fulfill the original promise, but they slip and fall ... being injured and in need of medical attention. Do we leave the injured person unattended because we made a promise? Of course not.
But, what if we aren't doing what God called us to, because we are busy keeping our word elsewhere, and miss the opportunity to meet a spiritual need. Isn't it the same thing? The only difference is where the wound is located.
Maybe we gave our word and later realized God wasn't calling us to it. Do we ignore what God is calling us to in order to meet the previous obligation? Does He come first or second?
In such cases, we have a choice. Is our word God? Is the law our God? Is what people think our God? Or, does God's will for us come above all gods?
If we make a promise, only later to realize our error, in order for God to be first - we just might have to eat humble pie. But, therein is a lesson to be learned. The error in making such a promise wasn't
God's.
There's an easy way to not make the same mistake twice. Don't make promises you may not be able to keep. We can say, 'if the Lord be willing.' But, that's about all we can honestly agree to, knowing that none of us knows what tomorrow may bring.
Perhaps what God is calling us to today may not be the same as tomorrow. All any of us can rightly do is what God is calling us to, until God calls us to move on.
Only once we've heard from God can we be, 'A Man of HIS Word.' And to walk with Him, we must first be available.
© by Joyce C. Lock
http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ http://www.aspecialplace.net/ChristianityMadeSimple/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations-originalwritings/ http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/heavenlyinspirations-intro.htm This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
About the Author
In addition to being a published author and poet, Joyce C. Lock created the religion column, "Christianity Made Simple" for Peru Daily Tribune, continues to write inspirational articles for area newspapers, and shares further in online and e-mail ministries.
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