Tough Love

I want to start this morning with a prayer request for all the parents of all Va. Tech students, especially the ones who just 24 hours ago were going through life with everything seemingly fine. Like I said yesterday Life is Precious and we don't know when we will check out. Martina McBride has a popular song out now that says "God is good, but sometimes life ain't great", that sums it up. God never promised us a rose garden and sometimes we question God when things like the shooting yesterday happen. I don't know whether this is right or not, but I do know that He is in control and that is the only comfort I get in situations like this.

Yesterday I had the chance to share Jesus with one of my business associates who happens to be a bad time Christian. By this I mean he only seeks the counsel of Jesus when he hits a bad time. We talked about his current situation ( a mess). His wife has left, in debt up to his eyeballs, and he recently got fired. I told him that it would not get better with him at the wheel. I told him he needed more of Jesus in his life. He argued that he had said the prayer and that Jesus had abandoned him. So I asked him a simple question.....since you said the prayer and asked Jesus into your heart (about a year ago) has your life changed any? He said not too much, so I shared that Jesus wants to be our Lord along with our Saviour, and it isn't until we submit to His Lordship that we are truly saved. I just don't believe someone is truly saved if they keep Jesus at an arms length and only look to Him in bad times. That is just what the Bible tells me. We ended the conversation with a few scriptures and I shared with him that I wanted to meet with him and pray with him or just talk some more. He agreed, so y'all pray for him and me.

I know some of you out there may think of me a little harsh or blunt, but when you think that he could have very well been one of those students yesterday at Va. Tech.....blunt or harsh seems to be an after-thought. When you are dealing with eternity, I ask you, where do you draw the line?

Did you have an opportunity yesterday to share Jesus? With a national tragedy like we had yesterday, this will be a perfect opportunity to bring it up. Give it a shot today!

Have a Blessed Day!!!