RESCUED

It is such a good feeling to know you have escaped some disaster. To have the sense of being safe and delivered.

Then comes the moments of reflection. All the times of examination when one asks the hard questions.

Well at least for some of us it works that way. I have known so many who never seem to have any gift for insight at all.

That is such a tragedy. They keep going through life and repeating the same mistakes. Ever without a clue as to why.

The Holy Spirit is so very good and tapping us on the shoulder and letting us see the truth. Not that we all enjoy that kind of reality.

Seen plenty who didn't. No matter how many ways the Lord gives the message, some never want to try and make it worth hearing.

Pride can really deter that process. If our lips are too busy making excuse we aren't likely to listen.

Doesn't impact the truth or how it affects the future. It just becomes another detour in thinking at times.

I do feel sad when I hear the sagas of sorrow and how the person never learned from the process. God definitely gave them plenty of messages.

But they didn't want to listen. Done that plenty of times myself. Oh yeah that is never a wonderful detour.

So you end up just feeling sorry for yourself. And then you make all kinds of excuses for why it won't happen the next time.

In the process, the whole purpose and intention gets lost. Between all the detours and tales invented, the truth gets lots.

Does this lead to any real sense of being rescued? Normally, no. Instead it just increases the sense of insecurity.

So that takes us away from the point of growth. When again never leads to the kind of change that improves life.

I am grateful that the Lord is merciful to us. He grants us time so as many as will eventually get it.

The problem is reaching that point.