I tried to use the following line on a woman the other day. “You’re so beautiful, my darling, so beautiful, and your dove eyes are veiled by your hair as it flows and shimmers, like a flock of goats in the distance streaming down a hillside in the sunshine.”
It didn’t work. I got it from the book; Song of Solomon, chapter 4:1.
But there is one, in the Bible, who tries to pick us up. He uses lines like, “Come.” “Come along with me.” “Come, who are tired, and I will give you rest.” Some do. They accept the invitation.
Then they begin a journey into the greatest love of all time. They accept His commandments that actually changes how they live their life. This love changes how they act toward others, and even family members. It changes how they speak, and later they will become the bride of Christ, and truly live happily ever after.
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“This is going on your ‘Permanent Record’ young man!” Remember hearing that in school? Has anyone ever seen their “Permanent Record”? I haven’t. Was that a threat to get us to have better behavior and grades? Perhaps.
You try so hard to do what is right. You even think you are doing what Jesus would do. You’re honest, you’re loyal, you’re trust worthy. Yet you are misunderstood, mistreated, not trusted. You feel picked on. Whenever something happens you are the one people turn to first to find out what “you” had done. It’s not right, it’s not fair, but it continues to happen to you over and over again, and it hurts, and you just don’t understand.
Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.
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