COMPLAIN LESS – – – EXPLAIN LESS

“It is not your job to explain what God is doing in your life.”
—–James Dobson

Apply the above to your life.

+ Is it not true that all complaining and all explaining is based on our concern about what others think of us ?
+ Is it not true that our life should be based on our concern about what God thinks of us ?
+ And what does God think of us—what does He expect of us ?

Faithfulness is what God expects.
“Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.”

“The fear of man brings a snare.”

“Whoever trusts in the Lord will be safe.”

FROM NOTHING to SOMETHING

“God takes nothings, and overcomes somethings.”
—–Tony Evans on afr

EATING WRONG – – – EATING RIGHT

For Our Body
For Now

For Our Soul
For Forever

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I could leave it at that, for your reflection.
Or I could add this, to direct your reflection:

Most everyone knows how eating wrong or eating right has consequences for our bodies—maybe not immediate, but long-term for sure.

Most people don’t stop to consider how the ‘long-term’ concerning our body is really, really the short-term for our soul.
No matter how we take care of our body, or don’t take care of it, it is all just for now.
The effect of what we consume for our soul is indeed forever, whether we stop to think about it and evaluate the health of our soul, or not.
Not taking in ‘bad stuff’, or taking in ‘good stuff’, may not secure the future well-being of our soul.
Only one thing guarantees the health, the very life of our soul forever—

Eating Right for our soul comes only from the Bible—taking in Jesus and His food for eternal life—

“Jesus paid it all; all to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain.
He washed it white as snow.”

Eat and Drink and get your name written in heaven, now.

GROWING CLOSER ? – or – DRIFTING AWAY

For everyone who is married . . .
You are either growing closer or drifting away from the one you love.
The secret, the solution, the guarantee—spend time with the one you love.

For everyone who is a Jesus follower . . .
You are either growing closer or drifting away from the One you love.
The secret, the solution, the guarantee—spend time with the One you love.

EVERY PERSON KNOWS TWO THINGS

Everyone who ever lived—everyone alive now—everybody knows two things automatically—

One – – – We all know there is God, The One True God, no matter what we say, no matter what we claim, no matter what we invent to substitute for God.

Two – – – We all know there is more to us after this life.
We know there is LIFE after life – or – there is DEATH after death.
We know there is HEAVEN after this life – or – there is HELL after death.

We all know this, regardless of . . .

CONTENT ?

“I will be content . . . “

OR

“I am content.”

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Take time to reflect.

Wait on God.

“Trust in the Lord, . . .”
. . . don’t lean on your . . .
— your anything
— your thinking
— your understanding
— your abilities
— your figuring it out
— your health
— your strength
— your goals
— your position
— your success
— your money
— your insurance
— your retirement
— your . . .

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”

If we do not stop to consciously, verbally, recognize our dependence on God, our trust in Him “in all our ways”, in every detail—then we are not trusting in the Lord with all our heart.

ALL – – – or – – – NOTHING

“Be still, and know that I AM God.”