Friday's thoughts

Ruben Job, in his book Three Simple Rules develops the idea of "doing no harm, doing good, and staying in love with God" with the following observations:

"The rules are simple, but the way is not easy. Only those with great courage will attempt it, and only those with great faith will be able to walk this exciting and demanding way. There are many other options for us to choose, but they are all lesser options and lead to lesser results that range from poor to disastrous. The question from Jesus for each of us, 'My daughter, my son, do you love me?' and of course there is only one answer that we want to give, 'Yes Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.' The next question then becomes, are we ready to choose the costly way that involves these three simple rules as our way of living? I believe many are ready to make that high and holy choice today, and I shall always pray that I and all who read these pages will make that choice new every morning."

There comes a time in every life when we have to figure what it means to get it together. There comes a time when we have to know we are on a path that is the right path and that we have chosen to be on that path. It isn't the one our parents put us on and it isn't the one we chose when we didn't know what else to do. It is driven by intentionality and purpose. It is driven by the knowledge of the fact that there is a limit to our years and we need to make the most of them.

We want to do no harm and if we are doing harm we want to stop doing it. We want to do good and we want the good we do to be the best we can do. We want to be able to love with God as we struggle to determine who and what God is.

Ruben Job is right to suggest that this is both simple and difficult. How do we get it together and what does it mean to strive in the manner John Wesley suggests?

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Charles