Happy "July" Blog friends,
I had an "interesting" weekend. Not many folks at the church know about this, so I will share it with you. After having an awesome weekend last weekend, the painless days continued into the first of the week. I am not sure exactly what happened, but on Wednesday I hit a brick wall. I began to have some intense pain, so I took some intense pain meds. The more pain that I experienced, the more meds that I took.
So on Friday I felt washed out, of course. We went to SMOC to receive some fluids, hoping that it would help with my energy level. I think that it helped because I was able to preach both services and make a short appearance at a wonderful GC outreach project at Kirkwood Retirement Center. BUT, due to all of the pain meds, I became "full of it," as we like to call it. Folks - if you have never had a Grandma's Molasses enema at Wayne Memorial Hospital then you just don't know what a relief it is.
So anyway, here is the lesson that I learned. Everything that we do has a "side effect." For instance, the more pain meds, the more likely you are to get stopped up. There are many more illustrations that make my case, but I think that you get the point. But this little rule is not always a bad one. Think about it. You may have come to believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior because you wanted to make it into Heaven. And the fact is, the only way to get to Heaven when you die is to have Jesus as Lord of all you. But, can you think of all of the side effects that comes from following Christ? Jesus said that He had a peace that only He could give. So some of the side effects might be a happier, more content life, the ability to sleep at night knowing all is well, and many more.
Sometimes, the side effects, like Grandma's Molasses and the peace of Christ are well worth it!
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