Manna in the Morning

There was a woman who went to see her doctor with a whole list of complaints. The doctor could find no physical ailment. He suspected the woman’s negative outlook on life was the real problem. He rose from his desk and pointed to a shelf that was filled with bottles. He said, “Look at these bottles. All of them are empty. I can take one of them and fill it with poison, enough poison to kill a human being. Or, I can take that same bottle and fill it with medicine, enough medicine to cure a headache or bring down a fever or kill bacteria. The important thing is that I make the choice. I can fill each bottle with something hurtful or something helpful. The doctor looked her straight in the eye and said, “Each day that God gives us is like one of those empty bottles. We can choose to fill it with positive thoughts that lift us and others; or, we can fill it with negative thoughts that depress us and everyone else. The choice is ours.” The Apostle Paul said it like this, “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” (Eph. 4:29)

Do you remember the country-western song’s lyrics that moaned, “Looking for love in all the wrong places”? That could serve as a good description of many in the world in which we live. People are looking for satisfaction and pleasure in all sorts of things many of which are the latest fads. We seem to be easily swayed victims of the latest commercials on TV or magazines or pop-up ads on the computer. The Bible consistently speaks to us about the importance of seeing life’s meaning within the framework of God’s plan and design. Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10). In the first chapter of John it says that “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” In other words God continues to try to get our attention that true love and true meaning of life is not found in the things of this world but in Him. So don’t go looking for love in the wrong places...find the love and the life that God wants you to have by surrendering to Jesus and having a personal relationship with God’s one and only SON!