Let's be honest

I don't even know how to begin this blog tonight. "Let us consider one another"... is the theme of this blog so llet's begin there.

There is a fight between good and evil, between God's law and man's law, between what Satan wants or what God wants.

While we are trying to have a sane and sensible life Satan is hard at work trying to destroy the world... and he's doing a pretty good job at it. Fortunately he won't be successful, but he's trying any way

When I woke today my thought was to talk to Ted. Ted is a guy at dialysis that is ready to give up. He thinks life is worthless and has no future in it for him. A man without Christ would agree with him. He's sick all the time and has no hope for anything better.

The way dialysis seating is arranged you don't have much interaction with the other patients. They probably do it that way to keep annoying people like me from bugging you. But sometimes you just can't help it. I've been sitting next to a man I've talked to for several months. We have a small talk or two from time to time. He seems pleasant enough. He went to the Woodward Dream Cruise a few months back and really seemed to enjoy it. And just a few weeks ago went on vacation for a week and seemed refreshed when he got back.

I noticed he hasn't been there for a while and asked one of the tech's who know him where he's been. "He's been in the hospital. They're probably going to have remove one of his legs" Well, good morning dan!

Sin shows its' ugly head and reminds us that Satan and the effects of sin are not asleep. Just when you think that things will get better it gets worse! It shows me that man does not have the answers. Only God's through his precious Son does.

Now I'm not tryijng to be a purveyor of doom and gloom but things like this keep jolting me to the reality that life is serious and while we're having our cup of morning coffee there are some who are struggling with life and death.

What can we do about it? Well, first of all we must be saved. If you're not, everything else is useless. If you don't have the right relationship with Jesus Christ,, you're just spinning your wheels. Then, and only then, we must try to live each day in a way that brings honor and glory to God. This would include Hebrews 10:24 which says to CONSIDER one another on how we can ENCOURAGE others to love and to good works. For starters that would be to pray for Ted and now my next door dialysis neighbor Joey. Then as James says to put some legs onto our prayers. "Faith without works is dead". It's not enough to just think good thoughts we need to put some action into those thoughts. And oh, by the way, if you're feeling sorry for yourself, like I'm apt to do. "Get over it" like my uncle always says. We're not put on this earth for our self but to be a testimony for God.

The only way we can renew our minds is to stop thinking about what WE want is to replace those thoughts with what GOD wants.

One day we'll be with Christ and there will be no more tears. (Yahoo!) but for now we (me) need to focus on God and His greatness and His majesty.

Love, Dan

p.s. I'm doing okay. Going for sleep apnea tests and also for stomach poesis tests in the next weeks. Yippee!