Judy handed me a story from her AARP magazine. Titled I Survived, it detailed the story of five people who endured but survived five tragedies,
It included a summary, The Power of Survival. The stories emphasize the human heroism possible in adversity. What didn’t surprise me was the omission of God’s help in three of the five cases, with none mentioned in the summary. One lady remembered begging God to give her a second chance—but no mention of a follow-up gratitude when he did. One survivor remembered going into depression that nearly caused his suicide and found that talking about the tragedy with another mortal lightened his burden and gave new meaning to life. One lady learned from her German dad’s tough talk to “get over it,” because bad things happen to good people. End Part I
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To become a more Christ-like disciple in 2024, consider making the following resolutions; a few of more that could be made. In no particular order.
Rather than say, “there are more things we can’t do than we can,” resolve to do what we can as well as we can. Rather than seek excuses not to be the Christian Jesus envisions for us, resolve to seize every reason why we SHOULD BE I Thessalonians 1:2-3. Rather than living close enough to Jesus so we don’t lose our relationship, resolve to establish forbidden zones as far out from our faith as possible, so we can stall, then eliminate, temptation’s approach. Rather than thinking, “we’re nearer our end every day,” resolve repeating “we’re nearer our new beginning that never ends.” Rather than admit, “we’re not the physical specimen we used to be,” resolve to triumphantly become “better Christ-like servants than we’ve ever been.” In summary, remember: it’s better to have goals to reach, knowing we improve if we come close to them, than have no goals, easily reached, which leave us nowhere in life. |
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