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Watch your ways!
'LET US EXAMINE OUR WAYS.' LAMENTATIONS 3:40
A lad rushed into a petrol station one day and asked the assistant behind the counter if the shop had a pay phone. She pointed to her right, 'It's just there.' The lad inserted his coins, dialled and waited for an answer. Finally someone came on the line. 'Uh, hello,? he said in a deep voice, 'Could you use an honest, hard-working young man?' The shop was quiet and assistant couldn't help overhearing... After a moment the lad said, 'Oh, you already have an honest, hard-working young man? Well, okay. Thanks all the same.' He hung up the phone and started walking back to his car, a broad smile stretched across his face. 'Hey, just a minute,' the shop assistant said, 'I couldn't help but hear your conversation. Why are you so happy? I thought the man said he already had someone and didn't need you?' The lad smiled. 'Well, you see, I am that honest, hard-working young man. I was just checking up on myself!'
If you're serious about walking with God, check yourself regularly. Are you praying, reading God's Word and renewing your mind daily? How about your attitudes? Are they slipping?
Your attitudes are like traffic lights that send a signal before you've said a word. Sometimes they flash red, which means 'stop, don't get in my way, I'm too busy to care about you.' Sometimes they flash yellow, which means 'I'm touchy and mixed-up, I could go either way.' Sometimes they flash green, which means, 'I'm ready to make time for you, you can count on me.'
The Bible says, 'Let us examine our ways...and...return to the Lord.' What needs to be examined today? 'Our ways!'
written by Bob Gass
'LET US EXAMINE OUR WAYS.' LAMENTATIONS 3:40
A lad rushed into a petrol station one day and asked the assistant behind the counter if the shop had a pay phone. She pointed to her right, 'It's just there.' The lad inserted his coins, dialled and waited for an answer. Finally someone came on the line. 'Uh, hello,? he said in a deep voice, 'Could you use an honest, hard-working young man?' The shop was quiet and assistant couldn't help overhearing... After a moment the lad said, 'Oh, you already have an honest, hard-working young man? Well, okay. Thanks all the same.' He hung up the phone and started walking back to his car, a broad smile stretched across his face. 'Hey, just a minute,' the shop assistant said, 'I couldn't help but hear your conversation. Why are you so happy? I thought the man said he already had someone and didn't need you?' The lad smiled. 'Well, you see, I am that honest, hard-working young man. I was just checking up on myself!'
If you're serious about walking with God, check yourself regularly. Are you praying, reading God's Word and renewing your mind daily? How about your attitudes? Are they slipping?
Your attitudes are like traffic lights that send a signal before you've said a word. Sometimes they flash red, which means 'stop, don't get in my way, I'm too busy to care about you.' Sometimes they flash yellow, which means 'I'm touchy and mixed-up, I could go either way.' Sometimes they flash green, which means, 'I'm ready to make time for you, you can count on me.'
The Bible says, 'Let us examine our ways...and...return to the Lord.' What needs to be examined today? 'Our ways!'
written by Bob Gass
