BROKEN FOR A PUROSE

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"Cowboys" (and girls)  tell me that a horse has to

be "broken" to be any good.  I am inclined to believe

that.

The only horse I ever owned we bought for the kids.

Apparently the horse was not broken for kids or for 

me.  When I got rid of it, my hope was that it went 

to the glue factory.  I just wanted it out of here.   That

is why ultimately I went back to motorcycles.  They 

do not have a mind of their own.

But the world is full of a lot more problems than just

problem horses.  You know by now that life is full

of problems, trials and tests.  God allows these for a 

number of reasons.  They can test our faith, strengthen

our faith or change the coarse of our life etc.  But

there is at least one more purpose that God has had

to use, with myself anyway.

Just as a horse has to be broken to submit to the 

will of it's owner.  We have to be "broken" to be

obedient to God.  Not only do the Scriptures tell

us that we cannot serve both God and money.

But they teach us that we cannot serve ourself

and God.

I do not know how many times I have faced

an insurmountable problem because God was

trying to get my attention and I needed to be 

"broken" before God so that he could use me.

Consider the possibility that huge problem or

mess of problems in your life might be a loving

God trying to get your attention to keep you from

destroying yourself.

"Submit therefore to God.  Resist the devil

and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God

and He will draw near to you..."

(James 4:7,8a NASB)   

FORMULA FOR TRUE SUCESS

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"So then,

submit yourselves to God.

Resist the Devil,

and he will run away from you.

Come near to God,

and he will come near to you.

Wash your hands, you sinners!

Purify your hearts

you hypocrites!

Be sorrowful, cry, and weep:

change your laughter into crying,

your joy into gloom!

Humble yourselves before the Lord,

and he will life you up."

(James 4:7-10 GNT)

THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART

This little girl taught this old man something.

She is one of my great grandchildren.

At the time this picture was taken -

grandpa would have done anything in the world 

for that girl.  Well! if he could, and it was not
bad for her.

That is why I am still taking care of the rabbit.

Was it because she was pretty?  

No.

Was it because she has red hair?

No.  I don't care for red hair.

Was it because she has freckles?

No.  I don't particularly care for them.

I do not know how to put it into words.

But it was something about that helpless, trusting,

submissiveness that would just get ahold of

my heart.  And I could not help my self.

She was about nine years old at the time of the 

photo.  Today, she is several years older.

And today - she would have to pry it out of me.

All because of her change in attitudes as she is

nearer to being a teenager.

And perhaps, because I am catching on.
[Yes, we still get along fine and sometimes
do things together.]

When I begin to think about the difference,
it gave me a whole new understanding of a
passage of Scripture in 1st Peter.

I must first confess that like some other guys,
the more paint I see slopped on a woman,
and the more shinny stuff I see hanging on
her, the more I realize - she is trying to
hide something.
[I just wish my wife would catch on.]

With this in mind consider the passage of
Scripture that I am now understanding better.
1st. Peter 3:1- 6 TEV.

"In the same way you wives must submit yourselves
to your husbands, so that if any of them do not believe
God's word, your conduct will win them over to believe.
It will not be necessary for you to say a word, because
they will see how pure and reverent your conduct is.
You should not use outward aids to make yourselves
beautiful, such as the way you fix your hair, or the
jewelry you put on, or the dresses you wear.
Instead, your beauty should consist of your true inner
self, the ageless beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of the greatest value in in God's sight.
For the devout women of the past who placed their
hope in God used to make themselves beautiful by
submitting themselves to their husbands.  Sarah was
like that; she obeyed Abraham and called him her master...."