I haven't been paying as close attention in recent weeks, but it seems that there are many opportunities presented for those of us who want to lose weight. Commercials portray before and after images in an effort to convince us that some plan or the other is the key to a quick fix and a swift solution to the obesity challenge that plagues so many in our society today.
Perhaps for the first time in our history, people involved in the weight loss industry stand to make just as much money if not more than those who are involved in the agriculture and food industries, but the marketing of this industry is often a bunch of smoke and mirrors, and we have to be wise if we're going to avoid getting tricked into believing that there is indeed an instant solution to the illusive prospect of weight loss.
Jesus never promised an instant solution. He did however speak truth about the kingdom, about God's love for us, about His willingness to forgive even the most grevous sin, his wish that we would all come home.
The funny thing is that we are often quick to call down judgement on others, based on our own perceptions of right and wrong, but often we are hesitant to measure our selves by those same increments. Perhaps this is why Jesus told his disciples that even if they should be on the brink of presenting their offering, and then realize that a brother has something against them, it's not too late to originate the process of forgiveness. The prospect of the one who has been wronged initiating the forgiveness must have stopped them in their tracks, but this is indeed what Jesus called them to: being the example that they themselves would want to see.
We too have inherited this same promise, and this same responsibility. It's up to each one of us to make a difference, beginning with ourselves.
Perhaps for the first time in our history, people involved in the weight loss industry stand to make just as much money if not more than those who are involved in the agriculture and food industries, but the marketing of this industry is often a bunch of smoke and mirrors, and we have to be wise if we're going to avoid getting tricked into believing that there is indeed an instant solution to the illusive prospect of weight loss.
Jesus never promised an instant solution. He did however speak truth about the kingdom, about God's love for us, about His willingness to forgive even the most grevous sin, his wish that we would all come home.
The funny thing is that we are often quick to call down judgement on others, based on our own perceptions of right and wrong, but often we are hesitant to measure our selves by those same increments. Perhaps this is why Jesus told his disciples that even if they should be on the brink of presenting their offering, and then realize that a brother has something against them, it's not too late to originate the process of forgiveness. The prospect of the one who has been wronged initiating the forgiveness must have stopped them in their tracks, but this is indeed what Jesus called them to: being the example that they themselves would want to see.
We too have inherited this same promise, and this same responsibility. It's up to each one of us to make a difference, beginning with ourselves.
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