People say, "Oh Care, you'd make the best salesman. I bet you could sell an eskimo a fridge." Not true ~ asking is the hardest part. But it seems time to ask: Would you like to become Jesus' student in Kingdom Living?
Here's a great place to begin:
Psalm 23 ~ "Because the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing." Ponder the ramifications of this before boomeranging out of bed every morning, roll this back and forth over your mind until it starts affecting your decisions and thoughts and longings. I have everything I need because the Lord is my Great Shepherd.
"He makes me lie down in green pastures." Think: Only sheep that are full lie down. The starving ones are ravaging the green. The satisfied ones are lying down in sweet repose.
"He leads me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul." Is there anything more needed than restored souls? Heck, the whole mess in the beltway would be entirely different if those at the helm had "restored souls." (But now I've taken a sheep's trail ~ sorry)
"Still waters:" Thirsty sheep will not be led by the quiet waters; they're slurping. Only a sheep that has been fed and watered is happy to walk beside the Shepherd.
You get the idea: How does each verse of Psalm 23 apply to your shoe-leather life where you walk and talk and work and dwell with your loved ones? How would our lives be different if Psalm 23 were true?
What's the first thing we want to do when smitten with a new friend? Get to know them! Jesus is the same. Get to know Him, for goodness sakes! To know the Good Shepherd is to love Him. You lose yourself in His everlasting arms ~ the safest place in heaven and earth. (But Care, why do I want to lose myself? Cuz then you are found.)
Trading in 'life on our own' is the incomparable bargain of the ages. "Follow Me."
Now don't be tempted to marginalize Jesus with His dated clothes and seeming irrelevance. He is at the center of all things ~ make no mistake.
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