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Our 4th Anniversary!
July 2022
The Danger Zone!
Do we love Jesus enough to give everything up and follow Him Owner/Publisher: Rob Wood
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atthew 10:3839 says, "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." This month's His Grace Magazine marks our 4th Anniversary. I can't believe we have been putting this out for 4 years now. Donna and I have enjoyed every month and every year so far. I'm working on getting rid of some clothes, as Donna and I are going through our old clothes and trying to figure out which ones to get rid of and which ones to keep. I find it hard sometimes because you think, I've had
this one a long time, or a family member may have bought that shirt or pants and you find it hard to part with. Then silly thing, maybe it just doesn't fit anymore, so why do we struggle with getting rid of them? A very good friend of mine has this saying, and it really fits this situation, and many other ones as well; he says, "Being sentimental will make you poor." I mean, how true is that? Here is a short story on a hoarder who held onto things instead of letting them go. Mia lost both parents in 1999 and 2000, and could not let things go of theirs because of the sentimental things that reminded her of both parents and better times. Mia said she felt crushed that her parents will not be around to see her married or have children. She started hoarding their things and her things from
them so that when she had children, she would give her daughter things of her mother and her son things of her father. Mia is 39 years old and has taken over her grandparents' and parents' large house. She is struggling to maintain the home and is filling it with tons of stuff. But first, she knows she has to start to clean it out and start the painful approach of giving things away. She still suffers from depression at times but she is hard at work cleaning up the home, removing garbage bag after garbage bag from the home. She said it's a painful process of removing things, but she knows if she is to have a family one day, she needs to clean up everything in her life to move forward. Her parents' house is a large 14-room home, but instead of being filled with material stuff, she is filling it with love and the
beautiful memories of her Mom and Dad. So many people become hoarders because they can't let go of things; it's like they're sitting on a fence. They want to be free of the stuff they collect but they just can't let it go. That kind of reminds me of some Christians, where they're continually sitting on the fence when it comes to Jesus and His Word. They know the Word of God, but they don't want to offend or be attacked by the world because they stand by God's Word. So they will just sit back and not say anything, even though they know what the Bible says about a particular subject. They also know that God's Word never changes; it is the same yesterday, today and in the future. Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever."
