Excitement: I found out we have a GT Xpress Cooker 101. The magical-est cooking instrument known to man.
Whatnot: Annie bought me a dark chocolate candy bar, a pair of goggles, and gave me to rest of her chocolate ice cream! What a gal ^-^
Frustration: I know of a guy in a position where he is to be caring and supportive, however he consistently lets my family down. I wish they would move on to another place.
Embarrassment: Well, I have a co-worker who claims to be a follower of Christ. He knows the answers to questions like, "What is your favorite verse?" and "What church do you go to?" yet I notice things he does that in my feeble eyes a Christian ought not to do... in fact a handful of things. Anyways, today while washing dishes, he says out of the blue, "Billy, do you read your Bible everyday?"
"Oh, uh well, not every single day, you know. Like, mm... I mean a miss a day or so every once in a while. Uh..." I stammered back in response.
"Boy, aren't you glad Jesus doesn't say, 'Mm, I don't feel like taking care of all them people today." He states back.
Now whether or not he is perfect or even a Christian does not matter. Whether or not he was regurgitating lines he had heard from his grandmother or preacher does not matter. What does matter is my abuse of God's grace, and I reckon you are in the same boat with me. Quick! Let's paddle!
It has been a long time since I physically felt my cheeks become warm with blushing. I was embarrassed, all right. I was the young Bible college student who preaches ever so often and is careful to try to be a good guy, but I do not read my Bible every day!
Now, is daily Bible reading a necessity for salvation? Of course not. But is daily Bible reading helpful, meaningful, educational, faith-building, and honoring to our Lord and Savior? Yep. And is it quite likely an unbeliever and worldly person be turned off to our holy faith if they were to find out we do not bother to pick up our Holy Scriptures which we claim we would die for the things written therein? Yep.
So, without further ado, I am heading to Bible Gateway now! You should do the same.
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