You have the chance to leave the life you are trapped in, right now!
See if you can identify with any of these characters:
You are a parent and you have a wayward daughter about 19 years old. She is a beautiful and smart young lady with a tendency to live a little on the racy side. She begins hanging out with the wrong people, she defies your house rules so you decide to give her an ultimatum that if she does not start to comply with your rules then she will have to move out. Turns out that is the opportunity she had been looking for all along- you kick her out and she moves in with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, an older sub-specimen of a human, has been in jail at least once, that you know of, for possession of narcotics and assault that was committed during a house burglary. He is disrespectful and treats your daughter like she is his sex toy, which whenever she is around him she dresses and acts like some girl on a heavy metal music video.
The day comes and you agonize in your heart as she walks out the door with a loud slam. You know the world she has now committed her life too and where it will lead her. Days go by and you do not hear from her. You see that she is active on the online social sites and by the way she talks you would think she is having the time of her life. You see her in images of partying. You see guys pawing over her body. You see her in lewd poses and you see in her remarks innuendos referring to a promiscuous party life she now lives. People call her by street names and refer to her as whore, slut, and many many more. She sees that as acceptance and she is revelling in it.
Your imagination runs wild and your soul is in torment as you remember back to that sweet beautiful little girl that played with dolls, who tried to follow in moms footsteps and adored her daddy. She would always be daddy’s little girl. Well, now some other man has her. He is using her for his thrills and the last place she wants to be is home with you. The pain is too much. The agony is excruciating. You love her so much and you know what will ultimately happen if she does not change her ways, but now she will not answer your phone calls, she will not return your emails, her friends no longer have any real tie to her. It’s as if she is dead to the world she once knew.
One day you hear that she was arrested for driving while intoxicated and for possession of illegal drugs along with her boyfriend and she is now in jail. You also find out that there is a rumor floating about that she is now pregnant and is a few weeks along. She is considering having an abortion. This can’t be confirmed though. You just wish you could go get her and bring her home. But you can’t. She is an adult now. In fact, she has not even tried to contact you for help. She refuses! Does she not even realize that you would be right there if she would just call? She does not care. As far as you know she hates you and everything you stand for. The pain still builds.
Weeks later you find out that your daughter is out of jail, had an abortion and has moved to another state. She had not been at work in months so she could not pay rent and her phone is shut off. You no longer see any activity online from her. All the news you get now is from former friends that catch pieces of information now and then from gossip. She has now completely disappeared. You do not hear from her again. Her life continued to spiral down. She eventually hits rock bottom and dies of an overdose along some alley in a far away state. Her body was found and she was hardly recognizable. Dental records confirmed her identity. It’s over. She is gone. She will never come home. Your pain will never die. You agony will be in you as long as you live.
This is how God feels about you and I when we decide to live our lives our way. And like the story, when we make that decision, to not live for God and by His standards, we will eventually die. We will be forever separated from His love, care, and protection all of which He offers to us without condition, without cost, we just take it and come back home to Him and start over by living the way He designed for us. God is waiting eagerly for you to come to Him, talk to Him and be forgiven. He will give you a brand new life! He will take all of that bad stuff and make it white as snow in His eyes! He will take delight in you and will dance over you like a father receiving his wayward son or daughter home. This part of the story is not a story at all- it’s fact!
If you would like information on how you can truly be free from you life without God or to be set free from a past filled with sin and despair I would be happy to help you! Please contact me at jim@9stines.com