Snap Out of it: Live Life in the Real World.

One preacher said; 'Friends, if I were God your body would always be 18, you could eat anything and maintain perfect weight; your middle-aged wife would have the face and figure of an angel; your mid-life husband, thick hair and wash board abs; your youngsters as intelligent as Einstein; your teens cooperative, logical and consistent. Temperature would be 72 always; snow would be warm, melting overnight; and there'd be no nasty people.


'Alas, I'm not God!' So we age, gain weight, struggle raising children, shiver in winter, sweat in summer and put up with difficult people. Welcome to the roller coaster rid of life! It's neither punishment nor proof you're fatally flawed; nor is it heaven or hell selecting you for special 'persecution', nor evidence that you aren't truly saved. No it is just life in the real world. Jesus said "On earth you will have many trials" John 16:33. As in the physical universe, there's an underlying 'law of wave of mechanics.' In accord with it, our energy, emotions and creative ebb and flow consistently. Sometimes we're on top of the mountain, other times, the mountain is on top of us. But whether at peak or through, God's law of wave of mechanics still functions for our benefits. 'There is ..... a time to weep (trough), and a time to laugh (peak), a time to mourn (trough) and a time dance (peak)' Ecclesiastes 3:1&4. While it's more fun to laugh than weep, 'He has made everything appropriate in its time.' Relax. God, who is the Alpha and Omega, determines the seasons of your life. Whichever one you're in, the word for today is 'My grace is sufficient for you' 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Bob Gass.

And don't forget "life is worth living and people worth loving." Cheers!