It's in the Bag

I’m on my way home on the train thinking about my day and thinking what I might write here tonight. One of my daughters had a disappointment today and I was thinking about disappointments and how our life is full of them. But the blessings we receive from our heavenly Father far out way the disappointments. I also remember hearing the old adage that without a test there is no testimony. Sometimes when we are faced with disappointments God is using it to sand off some rough edges, so it is important that we search our hearts and see if there is something we need to change. But then the Lord changed my mind. As I sat on the train and began looking in my briefcase for my headphones, I was thinking about how this particular briefcase is marketed. You can check it out at http://store.saddlebackleather.com/. It is marketed as the toughest bag you can buy, it is hand made, guaranteed for life, and able to withstand an attack of an enemy. On their website they show it being attacked by an alligator, coming back for more and being used all over the world. I’ve used it for a while now and the more I use it the more functional and attractive it becomes. It is with me no matter where I go. The company’s motto is “they’ll fight over it when you’re dead.” Then it dawned on me, I want my faith to be like my bag. To be tough enough to withstand anything the enemy comes against me with; to last a lifetime and the more I use it to be more and more attractive to others. Now I don’t want my family or friends fighting over anything when I’m dead, but like my bag, I want my faith to live on, to be an example to the succeeding generations should the Lord tarry. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen Hebrew 11:1.

Grace and Peace