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Inspirations From The Mountains
September 28, 2009
I Have Decided
What a shame—yes, how stupid!—to decide a matter before knowing the facts. Proverbs 18:13 LB
The new supervisor on her job speaks harshly to her the entire first day at work. She becomes angry and decides he is nothing but a chronic grouch. After a week working with him she learned that he was really a kind, caring, concerned person who was under a lot of pressure from their pushy, demanding boss, and sometimes he had tough days. What made the difference? She spent time getting to know him.
A new guy came to work. She thought he was the most gorgeous man she’d ever met—Hollywood handsome, charming, polite, fun. She decided that he was everything she ever wished for in a husband. But after a few dates she learned his true character. He was an egotistical, pleasure-seeking womanizer who would try anything to get what he wanted and she decided she would never marry him if he was the last person on earth. What made the difference? She spent time getting to know him.
Sound familiar? We’ve all experienced these times or know someone who has. But what is heart breaking is that so many folks decide becoming a follower of Christ is not for them because all the Christians they’ve ever met seem phony. Besides, Christianity takes all the fun out of life. It is simply too confining. When urged to read the Bible, our instruction book, they refuse to because they say it doesn’t make any sense or it’s too hard to understand. But how can they possibly decide against it if they’ve never learned the facts?
I have decided who Jesus is, why He came to earth to die in my place, and all the other things he’s done for me because I’ve taken the time to get to know Him by reading His Word. And I continue to read and learn because becoming a Christ follower is the only thing in this world that makes sense.
So I beg you dear Reader, please don’t decide against Him before learning the facts. To do so grieves His heart and will bring folly and shame to your life, And it will eventually lead you to an eternal death.
He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him. Proverbs 18:13 NKJV
I have decided that jumping to conclusions is one exercise I must do without!—Rebecca Somoskey
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