It's that lovely season when we try not to
cringe during the "share the love" time in church.
When we sneak a sanitizing wipe out of our pocket
after shaking hands with someone.... or touching the grocery cart.
FLU season.
People joke that when they meet God, they're going to ask Him some "Burning Questions" like why He made mosquitoes. Another question would be... what's the purpose of FLU anyway?Well, Flu does provide a few parables.
And the SADDEST one of all is this:
Our SINS make God feel sick. REAL sick.
He's done SO much for us with His love,
yet we keep sinning because we have a human nature....
And more than sins themselves, our ATTITUDE that
"I'm Just Human God Will Forgive"
sickens our HOLY, Righteous, JUST God.Sins that we do AND think
are like the natural consequences of f l u to Him.
They're like the natural products of animal bodies and ours to Him. Sin nauseates & disgusts & is a horrendous SCRITCHING that vibrates against our Holy God's very being.
UNTIL we let Jesus CLEANSE US of our sins by agreeing with Him that they are NAUSEATING -- and accept Him as our LORD (sincerely praying Romans 10:9 to 11)
You have 'THE AROMA OF DEATH"to God.
I have 'THE AROMA OF DEATH"to God. 2 Corin. 2:16
If you do not know what that is, you aren't feeling the nausea as you read this that is rising in those of us remembering it coming from someone we dearly love who was dying.
You don't know the nausea that GOD feels while
someone HE dearly loves is dying.
"PLEASE turn back to Me, He cries out to you.... PRAYER
Father God, Please help me to SEE how disgusting my sins are to You. Please give me the MIND OF CHRIST that You describe in Second Corinthians 2:16. Help me to be HOLY as You are holy --- which You tell us is possible, so I shall trust Your Word. But I know I cannot do this without You. I pray for Your guidance, wisdom, and protection from temptations. Help me to stop making choices that hurt or disgust you -- whatever choices they may be. Even if something that humans call insignificant like Diet choices.
I pray this in the HOLY Name and power of our LORD Jesus Christ -- for Your glory.
*ENCOURAGEMENT*
Hebrews 7:25. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
James 1:21 New Living Translation
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept
the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save
your souls.
*God's WARNINGS*
*God's WARNINGS*
Colossians 3:8 to 10
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don't lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don't lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
LOGICAL QUESTION FOR A DIETING BLOG:
Do my food and exercise choices match the nature that Jesus would have (Colossians 3:10)? ©2013 DianaDee Osborne; all rights reserved. But feel free to print with copyright info, & share for nonprofit usage!
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