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LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS PREDICTABLE

 About a week ago I thought I caught a stomach virus. Four days later in pain and sleep-deprecated I went to the doctor to find out I had a gallbladder attack. After another five days in the hospital, I finally had the intense pain gone and I was able to sleep more than 30 minutes. But now I am home and my energy level is running low which is awful for a high-energy guy who likes to go and get it in life.

I never saw all this coming or I would have made some decisions to try and avoid this or at least contain it. Life I believe is part of how the Good Lord helps us mature and learn about ourselves more in this mortal state before moving back into our spiritual dimension again. Now this is provided we accept the key to entrance in the Kingdom of Glory by accepting what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross to redeem us from our sin-filled condition. Now this is a belief that can be accepted as truth or denied completely to the person's peril.

Just a year ago I was staring at going through heart surgery and praise be to the Lord it was a success. Now I am looking at having my gallbladder taken out. I pray the Lord will once again allow healing and life to my mortal body. I am in the Lord's hands and I would like to have more time with my loved ones before I depart home. So I petition the Heavens for mercy.

In this world don't assume you have all the time in the world for you may not. It is important to learn to soak in the joy of life in the mortal realm. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ for the blessings of life and ask for His mercy during the hard, unexplainable, and heartbreaking times in this fallen world.

When I look at a cemetery I can't but wonder how many unwritten books, songs that were never sung, trips to exotic places never ventured, inventions never invented, all because people assumed they had more time or believed the lie that they were not good enough.

Live life my friend and do not be afraid to make mistakes. Learn from the follies of life and learn from the joys of life but live and more importantly live for the Lord of life Jesus Christ!

John 10:10 NRSVue

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 

Psalm 16:11

You show me the path of life.

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.




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