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It's Happened Again!

     I can’t believe it’s happened again! Year after year I think, “Maybe this is my year?” ~ only to get the rug pulled out from under me again. I found out the bad news “again” just this morning. I clicked on my computer and it was right there in front of me on my “Home Page, MSN.” People Magazine named Johnny Depp “The Sexiest Man Alive for 2010.” Once again, I didn’t even get an honorable mention! What does it take to get noticed? Am I going to have to become a Captain Jack or Edward Scissorhands to get someone to look my way? I even started sporting a three day beard (all the past winners had one) thinking that’s what was missing and would put me over the top. I guess not! As a matter of fact, I have come to the conclusion that People Magazine doesn’t even know that I exist!

    Well, I just can’t live my life being concerned about what People Magazine thinks about me. Bottom line, it doesn’t matter what they think. Come to think of it, it doesn’t matter what anybody thinks. What really matters is, “What does God think about me?”

    It’s easy to find out what God thinks. It’s written all over the Bible. In Isaiah 54:10, God says, "The mountains and hills may crumble, but My love for you will never end; so says the Lord who loves you." Now that’s good news! Knowing God’s love for me will “never” end is much better than being the “Sexiest Man Alive” for just one year.

    In I Corinthians 7:23, I am reminded that, “You have been bought and paid for by Christ, so you belong to Him..." That’s phenomenal because I know the price Jesus paid for me. He paid with his life!

    Well, no more restless nights for me wondering what People Magazine is thinking. It’s just not very important. I don’t want to be controlled by what People Magazine or anybody else thinks of me. I only want to be controlled by what God thinks of me. He loves me so I want to be controlled only by His love. I think that’s a pretty good way to live your live.

    If the Bible says that’s the way God feels about me, that means that’s the way He feels about you too. I hope to see you this Sunday, and every Sunday, at the place where we can all experience God’s never-ending love.

Because of Him,

      Mac

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