Questions....

if life is not a dress rehearsal, why do we so often live our lives as though it is? if we only have today because we don't know if tomorrow will be ours, why do we sometimes waste today? if one of the best ways to be the hands and feet of Jesus is to show love, why do we pass up so many opportunities to do so? time can't be stopped, no it just keeps slipping through our fingers like sand. what do we make of our time? do we spend it being self absorbed? or do we reach beyond ourselves and look for ways to touch in positive ways the lives of others? or are we thinking of ourselves so much that we loose sight of why it is we are still on this earth? do we forgive, cover with love and grace a fellow brother or sister in Christ, who has strayed off of the straight and narrow and with loving and caring hearts gently and prayerfully bring them back? or do we find it easier just to ignore, forget, and even treat badly the individual that needs to be shown that Christ forgives, and that it begins with us? when will we ever get to the place that we realize that life matters more when it is lived loving, forgiving, cherishing, caring for others more than for ourselves? when will we get to the place in which we see the good in people before we see the bad, most people have so much more good in them than bad, and yet the bad so often is magnified...ran over with a fine tooth comb, if we look for the good before we zero in on the bad we might  just totally surprise ourselves and wouldn't that just be wonderful? it might just bring us together as opposed to dividing us, for isn't unity the goal? we waste so much precious time arguing, finding fault, searching for guilt, passing the buck, and sometimes just being down right arrogant, angry, and even cruel, that before we know it the time that has been given to us has flown by. isn't it time to wake up and treat others as Christ would have us? maybe we should try treating others the way that we would like to be treated. none of us like to be hurt, so why do we hurt others? yes, all of what i've written is just a load of questions, questions i must ask myself. honestly as long as we live in this mortal body we will all deal with such things, but i honestly believe that should not be used as an excuse. shouldn't our goal be to rise above such actions? and at the same time cry out for a servants spirit, a servants heart? shouldn't we view ourselves as sinners covered and saved by grace? and if not for the grace of God we all no matter who we are could fall into deep sin? the love of God is boundless, so should we strive for ours to be....it's hard, it's not natural, it's often not what we want to do, but when the rubber meets the road isn't it the right thing to do?


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