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| Lonesome Valley |
Jesus walked this lonesome
valley and he had to walk it by Himself. Nobody else could walk it for Him; He
had to walk, walk it by Himself.”
These words are almost
haunting for they portend the end, and a new beginning.
If it wasn’t for the 23 psalm; “Yea though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for THOU
art with me, THY rod and staff they comfort me.” it would be a
fearful trip.
Our understanding of the
future has been given to us in word pictures, future events described and
related to things we know
1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see things
imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see
everything with perfect clarity.
All that I know now is
partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God
now knows me completely. For the
Christian the trip through the valley is the culmination of a lifetime of
expectancy. It is the entering into the
joys of the LORD.
The declaration; O death, where
is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? Gives us the confidence that all will be
well.
Each and everyone must
prepare for this trip for themselves, as the song says; nobody can walk it for
you. We are very concerned that our friends, and relations, especially our
children make the right decision to serve GOD and prepare for the next world
but the decision is theirs.
As parents the time comes
when you must commit them unto GOD”S care and uphold them with prayer, then it
is their responsibility to make their decision for Christ.
It would ease our minds if we could make the
decision for them but that isn’t an option. Each person must decide to live for Jesus using their Free Will.
The biggest mistake a parent
can make is to let the child’s decision not to serve GOD ruin their life as a parent and
not accept the child's decision. Yes continue to pray
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any
man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!” Shakespeare quote
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