Today is Tuesday, October 12th, 2010; Karen's Korner #1922

Taken from a book I read while we were away for a few days by Max Lucado titled "Come Thirsty":
 
 
"From the file entitled, 'It Ain't Gonna Happen,' I pull and pose this suggestion. Let's make Christ's command a federal law. Everyone has to make God's love his or her home. Let it herewith be stated and hereby declared:
 
No person may walk out into the world to begin the day
until he or she has stood beneath the cross to receive God's love.
 
"Cabbies. Presidents. Preachers. Tooth pullers and truck drivers. All required to linger at the fountain of his favor until all thirst is gone. I mean a can't-drink-another-drop satisfaction. All hearts hydrous. Then, and only then, are they permitted to enter the interstates, biology labs, classrooms, and boardrooms of the world.
 
"Don't you ache for the change we'd see? Less honking and locking horns, more hugging and helping kids. We'd pass fewer judgments and more compliments. Forgiveness would skyrocket. How could you refuse to give a second chance when God has made your life one big mulligan? Doctors would replace sedative prescriptions with Scripture meditation:  Six times an hour reflect on God's promise: 'I have loved with an everlasting love' (Jeremiah 31:3 NAASB). And can't you hear the newscast? 'Since the implementation of the love law, divorce rates have dropped, cases of runaway children have plummeted, and Republicans and Democrats have disbanded their parties and decided to work together.'
 
"Wild idea? I agree. God's love can't be legislated, but it can be chosen. Choose it, won't you? For the sake of your heart. For the sake of your home. For Christ's sake, and yours, choose it. The prayer is as powerful as it is simple:  'Lord, I receive your love. Nothing can separate me from your love.'"

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