Just A Reminder

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bornagain79

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I couldn't help but share this. Even if you have read it 20+ times like me, it is still a must read.

Just a Reminder​


Dear Friend,

As you got up this morning, I watched you and
hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion
or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday, but I
noticed you were to busy trying to find the right outfit to put on and wear to
work. So I waited.

When you ran around the house getting ready,
I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were
too busy.

At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes
with nothing to do except sit in a chair. Then I saw you spring to your feet, I
thought you wanted to talk to me, but you ran to the phone and called a friend
to get the latest gossip.

I watched as you went to work and I waited
patiently all day long. With all your activities I guess you were too busy to
say anything to me.

I noticed before lunch you looked around,
maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me, that is why you didn't bow your head.
You glanced three or four tables over and you noticed some of your friends
talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't. That's okay, there is
still more time left, and I have hope that you will talk to me even yet.

You went home and it seems as if you had lots
of things to do. After a few of them were done you turned on the TV. I don't
know if you like TV or not, just about anything goes there & you spend a
lot of time each day in front of it, not thinking about anything, just enjoying
the show. I waited patiently again as you watched TV and ate your meal, but
again you didn't talk to me.

As you did your homework I waited again, as
you did what you had to do. At bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you
said goodnight to your family you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time.
That's okay, because you may not realize that I am always there for you.

I've got patience more than you will ever
know. I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well. Because I
love you so much, a long time ago I left a wonderful place called Heaven and
came to Earth. I gave it up so that I could be ridiculed and made fun of. I
even died so you wouldn't have to take my place. I love you so much that I wait
everyday for a nod, a prayer, a thought or a thankful part of your heart. It is
hard to have a one-sided conversation. Well, you are getting up again and once
again I will wait with nothing but love for you hoping that today you will give
me some time. Have a nice day!


Your friend, Jesus


 
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hattiebod

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Thats very poignant, thank you for sharing it with us. I know life has a habit of 'taking over' and I know when i do set time aside for Him, it enriches my life. My life can be a bit full, I find the best time for me is first thing, it also sets me up for the day so I get up before the rest of the house and have some precious quiet time. I can and do, talk to Him all day long but time spent just in communion with Him, just the 2 of us...is always a blessing. <><
 
Tommy4Christ

Tommy4Christ

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bornagain79 said:
I couldn't help but share this. Even if you have read it 20+ times like me, it is still a must read.

Just a Reminder​


Dear Friend,

As you got up this morning, I watched you and
hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion
or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday, but I
noticed you were to busy trying to find the right outfit to put on and wear to
work. So I waited.

When you ran around the house getting ready,
I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were
too busy.

At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes
with nothing to do except sit in a chair. Then I saw you spring to your feet, I
thought you wanted to talk to me, but you ran to the phone and called a friend
to get the latest gossip.

I watched as you went to work and I waited
patiently all day long. With all your activities I guess you were too busy to
say anything to me.

I noticed before lunch you looked around,
maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me, that is why you didn't bow your head.
You glanced three or four tables over and you noticed some of your friends
talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't. That's okay, there is
still more time left, and I have hope that you will talk to me even yet.

You went home and it seems as if you had lots
of things to do. After a few of them were done you turned on the TV. I don't
know if you like TV or not, just about anything goes there & you spend a
lot of time each day in front of it, not thinking about anything, just enjoying
the show. I waited patiently again as you watched TV and ate your meal, but
again you didn't talk to me.

As you did your homework I waited again, as
you did what you had to do. At bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you
said goodnight to your family you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time.
That's okay, because you may not realize that I am always there for you.

I've got patience more than you will ever
know. I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well. Because I
love you so much, a long time ago I left a wonderful place called Heaven and
came to Earth. I gave it up so that I could be ridiculed and made fun of. I
even died so you wouldn't have to take my place. I love you so much that I wait
everyday for a nod, a prayer, a thought or a thankful part of your heart. It is
hard to have a one-sided conversation. Well, you are getting up again and once
again I will wait with nothing but love for you hoping that today you will give
me some time. Have a nice day!


Your friend, Jesus


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Some good points made, but Jesus wants much more that your time, He wants your obedience, and a heart made pure through repentance and faith!

If anyone serves Me!

Joh 12:26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant shall be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
To serve Jesus is to follow Him, His great example of holiness, purity, and moral fortitude; they both go hand in hand, where serving Jesus constitutes the whole existence and being of the soul!
To serve Jesus, we must use all of our life to minister to Him, in all our thoughts, words and deeds, that should be brought forth in all purity, sincerity and love, where the greatest joy we can muster in our short lives is built upon our service to Him, and receiving the honor of almighty God!
There is nothing more satisfying in this godless world than offering up our whole life to God, by serving and ministering to Jesus, as we follow Him through the good and bad things that will occur throughout our life.
Now some teach that serving Jesus is not the gospel, and if we even try, we are out of the will of God, and taking matters into our own hands, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth!
Many also teach that if you do not belong to the organized church, and serving God through their various ministries, then you are in great sin and disobedience, because they see heart purity and obedience to Jesus as works and unable to be obtained this side of heaven. Where works unto God are good outer works such as serving at the church dinners, or cleaning the church parking lot, and giving tithes and teaching in various ministries.
Rom 14:18 For he who serves Christ in these things is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.
But lo and behold, not many have any idea what it means to serve and obey these things of God from the heart, where the heart is made pure through the repentance process, now broken and made acceptable to God, cleansed and purged from all evil, guile, hate, envy, and lust, a ready vessel, walking the crucified life unto God in service and honor!
This is what true service to God is, a cleansed and purged mind, set free once and for all from the corrupting influence of sin, now walking in His glorious light, standing strong against the wiles of the devil, where everything you do, think and say is a sweet smelling aroma to God, coming from a heart devoted to Him, walking in newness of life, where the renewing of the mind has taken place, now totally focused on obeying the Lord from a heart made pure through faith!
But with this faithful service comes many hardships and trials promised by Jesus:
Joh 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Joh 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you; the servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept My saying, they will also keep yours.
A true servant knows His master, and obeys all His commands, thus becomes a true friend of Jesus Christ, a bondservant, no greater than Jesus, and will receive persecution and disdain, because Jesus wasn’t send to remove any of our trials for His name sake, but to give us strength to be a strong servant through them all, bold in His name and power, remembering what He and many of His true followers went through to endure to the end and receive their prize of eternal life!
Joh 14:15 If you love Me, keep My commandments.
Joh 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that DO his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Jesus said “TO DO” but rebellious mankind says “I CANT” Jesus said “FOLLOW ME” mankind says “ITS TOO DIFFICULT” Jesus said “SERVE AND OBEY” mankind says “THIS IS NOT THE GOSPEL, OBEDIENCE ISNT NECESSARY OR A MANDATE AND SERVING CHRIST IS IMPOSSIBLE “!
1Jn 3:24 And he who keeps His commandment dwells in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He gave to us.
Tommy
 
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bornagain79

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I completely agree with you Tommy.
 
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