One step at a time

  Now there’s an ugly word.   Lol I’m sure we’ve all seen the diagram where they take the word assumption, and create the words “ass out of you and me”. I personally think there’s a great deal of truth in that diagram. Lol. Jealousy is such an ugly spirit. Perhaps the ugliest aspect of its operation is how calmly “good“ people, even Christians, tolerate its influence and behavior in their life. I have even watched (in horror) as they laugh and take it as a compliment when someone is jealous of them.  Truly baffles my mind.  Jealousy, like lust, perversion, deception and murder needs to be resisted and obliterated from our lives whenever necessary! The Bible says it like this, “Jealousy is as cruel as the grave“. If you tolerate jealousy, you are inviting “the grave“ into your life. If you act in jealousy, you are sowing seeds of the same! Death is no joke. Of course, our society tries to make it one, decorating clothes, toys, jewelry, and much more with a skull and c...

… in only one area. It is by His choice. I’m sure it breaks His heart, many times, but … He is. Free will. He gives US final say.    He gives us us the final choice.   He gives us complete choice and if we choose sin.    There’s very little He can do.   “But He’s God!?!?” I can hear indignation rising in your thoughts from here. lol Yes.    He is. But He loved us enough to give us free will to make the choices in our lives. He loves us enough to want us to love Him freely.   I once saw an episode of a crime show on TV where someone was kidnapped and kept in a basement and forced to play the part of spouse to the kidnapper. It was evil, it was scary, and thankfully they were rescued in the end.  What does that have to do with our relationship with God? Well, if he didn’t give us a choice whether to love him, or not, how would that be any different?   God does not want prisoners. God does not want robots. He wants ...