new outlook, from an old place!

hey guys!

i know, i know. it's been a long time. i'm sorry. i missed you too ;>)

today, i want to tell you something that i came across recently. you see, i love to read. i generally read about a book a week or more. i recently finished a series that a friend of mine got me totally hooked on, so i found myself without a book to read. (read, not study) when this happens, i usually either read my bible or i've started reading old classics. you know the ones. the ones that are talked about so much that you think you know what's in them so you don't need to read them.

well, in doing this i have read some great books. "hamlet" "romeo and juliet" "animal farm" "1984" "the sport of the gods (by paul lawrence dunbar)" and my 2 favorite book of all time second only to the bible "uncle tom's cabin". by the way, if you've never read uncle tom's cabin, it is a must read.

anyway, i was picking out a couple of books at the library, and i picked up "the count of monte cristo" and i wanted one more. for some reason, i saw "robinson crusoe" and in my head heard the theme song from gilligan's isle. ya know "like robinson crusoe, as primative as can be" so i decided to pick it up.

here is my point, i'm like 80 pages into the book and robinson is stranded on the island, alone with only supplies and a few books. like 3 bibles. and he has been on the island for 10 months trying to figure out what to do with his problem. he finally starts reading one of the bibles and ends up crying out to Jesus for salvation. next thing ya know, he's not feeling so desperate anymore and he makes probably one of the most profound statements that i have ever heard. he says "DELIVERANCE FROM SIN IS A GREATER BLESSING THAN DELIVERANCE FROM AFFLICTION"

wow.

you know, sometimes we can get so caught up in our day to day struggles. with our daily battles. fighting the monster that lives within us. and crying out to God to save us from ....... that we seem to forget that He already has. He has delivered us from the most devastating thing in our lives. He has delivered us, from our sin. and quite honestly, even if He doesn't free us from the afflictions in this life, it is a greater blessing that He has delivered us from Hell. both in this life, and the next.

just something to think about.

God bless
O.