JUST ONE

Our son-in-law, Jon, sends me a message almost every day.  A couple weeks ago, he was busy and missed three days.  I asked him where my daily message was! He told our daughter that I had gotten after him.  It is a good relationship when you can give your son-in-law what for.  Anyway, the messages he sends are scriptures and often includes a question or short comment.

Sometimes I give him a thumbs up.  Sometimes a short comment.  Sometimes a very long comment. Here is our October 31st exchange:

FROM JON:  “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.”

‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

MY REPLY:  But I am not righteous like Noah and Lot.  I sin.  I make mistakes.  I, at times, am anything but righteous.  My prayers are selfish.  I can never be good enough for God to save me from a flood or fire and I fear what is happening in our world.  I am lost.  I will drown or burn.  I will be destroyed.  I will fall way short of the Glory of God.  I will grieve God (It stabs my heart every time I think that I grieve God.).  I say no to God’s plan and want God to approve my plan.  I am lost!

I sent that, waited and moment, and then continued:  EXCEPT, God knit me in my mother’s womb and has led me to the one place I realize I am not lost.  He led me to the Cross.  He saved Noah out of a flood.  He saved Lot out of a fire.  He saved Rahab out of the destruction of Jericho.  And he has saved me from death to eternal life.  He saved me by sending His Son.  I am not lost.  I am saved.

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I did have to get after Jon about sending the message at the extremely early hour of 5:30 AM.    Like a good son-in-law, he now waits until 6:30 - 7:00 AM.  Bless his heart.  

Jon sends these scriptures to a number of people and I do not know how many respond.  It really doesn’t matter.  Jon does his part.  He is spreading the Word.  Sorta like my blog.  I put it out there and if it helps one person, that is all that matters.  

If each of us helped one person to Christ, think how the world would change.