Here’s a thought from my life experiences ,,,,

There is always an Up Side to any Down Side and always a Down Side to any Up Side,,, The trick is to stay focused on the Up,,, whether Up or Down !!!

Focus on Jesus Christ; he is Always the Up, whether you are Up or Down !!

Focus on him, and the Up will be sustainable ( relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods ), and the Downside will be unsustainable ( not capable of being prolonged or continued ).

Focus on Jesus and let him lift you Up !!!

May God Bless Your Day and Lift You Up !!

I had a dream the other night and I remember it well !! I usually don’t remember my dreams for more then a few minutes after I wake up, but this one was different,,, I have been thinking about it a lot since I dreamed it !!!

So here it goes !!!

I was strolling along my path of life pulling a large cart,,,, full of apples !! I was thinking what a bunch of fine apples I had aquired while living my life to fill this cart !!! Patting myself on the back,,,, so to speak !!!!

About that time,,, here comes God and upsets my cart of apples !!! I was beside myself,,,, God, why did you upset my life’s cart of apples ???

He said,,, one bad apple will ruin the whole bunch !!! As I looked at all the apples spread all over the ground,,, I could see ,,, sure enough,,, most of them were rotten and there were only a few good apples remaining !!!

So I thought about all the bad apples laying there,,, there were apples collected from greed,,, apples from selfishness,,, apples from arrogance and pride,,, apples from my adultress life,,, apples from my deceptions,,, apples from predijuce,,, apples from turning my back on God ,,, apples from my self-glorification and lies ,,, and apples from not being the man God designed me to be !!!

I felt Great Sadness as I looked upon all the rotten apples I had collected from all the years of my life !!!

Then God pointed out that there were a few good apples in the cart,, ones that had not been spoiled by my worldly life,, good apples from the times in my life that I turned back to God and did things his way and added bright red beautiful apples to my cart… But they were few and far between !!!

With even just a few good apples,,, God loved me enough to upset my cart so he could cleanse me of all the bad apples I was chained to ,,, By doing so he let me see only the good apples so I could move forward producing big beautiful good apples to fill my cart !!!

Although the bad apples contained most of the material things I had strived for and kiddingly acheived ,, it set me straight on what was truely important and lasting in this life that you can take to heaven with you !!!

You might want to check your cart of apples to see how you are doing,,,, the one problem with that is,,, unless to know and have accepted Jesus as you savior,,, you probably won’t be able to tell the bad apples from the good ones !!!??? That will be a problem later on !!!

May God Bless Your Day and direct you to his GOOD APPLES !!!

You can lead a horse to water,,, but you can’t make them drink !!! In the times I spent around horse’s while growing up,, I can relate to that old timers observation !!

We packed into the mountains on and with horses and did a bit of trail riding on them !! We would come upon a cool, clear stream of running water and that horse would not take a drink, even though he was hot and sweaty from climbing through the mountains !! That was always kind of perplexing to me,,, but,,, I guess they had their reasons ???

That’s kind of the way it is with spreading the Good News of Salvation through Jesus Christ !!! I can show you the way and the truth and the experiences and blessing that I have personally experienced because I have accepted him,,, but I can’t accept or reject him for you !!! That is only your decision to make !!

I cannot send anyone to Heaven or keep them from Hell !! That can only be done by Jesus Christ and your acceptance or rejection of him !!

I can only show you the path to his cool, clear stream of saving Grace ,,,, but I can’t make you drink !!!

I guess we all have our reasons for the decisions we make !!!

I pray your decision is for Jesus !!!

May God Bless Your Day !!!!