Sharon,
It was the Lord who gave it to you. I just got part of the blessing. That
statement is also way more powerful than I can explain.
Phil.
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From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: The Truth Of Right
> That's good, Phil! Thanks for sharing. You put more into this than what
I
> was thinking.
>
> Sharon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 11:15 AM
> Subject: The Truth Of Right
>
>
> > THE TRUTH OF RIGHT
> >
> >
> > BY PHIL SCOVELL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Have you ever been in an argument, knowing you were wrong,
> > but wishing you were right? Have you ever been right but it made
> > no different to the outcome of the situation? Have you ever won a
> > dispute but discovered afterward that being right had no change to
> > the overall situation? Have you ever been right, but due to
> > later presented facts, it was proved you had really been wrong in
> > the first place? Have you ever been wrong but later learned you
> > were actually right but realized it meant nothing?
> >
> > I was praying with a lady one day when the Lord took her back
> > to a memory she had of her youth. She was very small and an
> > argument arose between herself and her older brother. she could
> > recall no specific details but just that she and her brother were
> > arguing. They were farmers and he had been working out in the
> > fields that day. Her father, due to the lateness of the hour,
> > wanted his daughter to get ready for bed. somehow, and for some
> > reason, she was a little more than fervent about being right. It
> > is likely she was somewhat defiant because she remembers being
> > spanked by her father and sent to bed because she wasn't obeying
> > his desire for her to get ready for bed.
> >
> > In prayerfully probing the memory, on more than one
> > occasion, she finally realized the focal point was expressed when
> > she said, "I just wanted to be right." Something about this
> > statement caused me to focus spiritually on what the truth might
> > be which she needed to hear from the Lord. I certainly didn't
> > know what it was but I asked her to listen as we prayed and asked
> > the Lord to show us the truth about her desire to be right. After
> > a considerable time of waiting on the Lord, she remarked, "He said
> > that He is always right." I laughed because the truth was so
> > plain and simple; it had to be God.
> >
> > This statement has had a powerful effect upon my own life
> > personally. Here was a little girl, who desired nothing more than
> > to be right, and apparently had the feeling she lost the argument
> > because she was punished and put to bed. It was even her bedtime
> > but she just wanted to be right. Perhaps she was right, too. The
> > truth was, and is, however, that Jesus is always right. Even if
> > we are wrong. Even if we make a mistake. Even if sin has
> > attempted to corrupt our relationship with the Lord. Even if we
> > feel punished unjustly. the truth is Jesus, that is, Jesus is
> > always right. Regardless of how we feel, regardless of the
> > outcome of a circumstance, regardless to the nature of any given
> > situation, the truth that sets us free is that Jesus is always
> > right. the meaning of this statement is beyond our comprehension
> > as a Christian because the meaning is that Jesus is always the
> > truth. Mess up your life, screw up a relationship, destroy
> > something you believe God gave you, lose something precious to
> > you, squander away something that was incredibly important to you,
> > lose a family, drop the ball, miss a goal, fail, freak out,
> > discover you are a day late and a dollar short, find out how
> > stupid you feel because you failed to succeed, call for heads and
> > discover it always comes up tails, run a race and no matter how
> > hard you try, you still come in everything but first, get up on
> > the wrong side of the bed, the side with the wall, misjudge, fall,
> > miscalculate, lose, forget, misplace, forfeit, fracture, break,
> > crack, shatter, fragment, sin, come up empty, get the wrong
> > answer, miscalculate your bank balance, bounce a check or two,
> > lose your job, get cancer, screw up, trash out, go amiss, lose a
> > child, abort your baby, over react, strike out, fall in the mud,
> > run away, trip over your own feet, lose the game, shoot yourself
> > in the foot, crack up, overestimate, luck out, fail the final
> > test, hurt the one you love the most, miss figure, give up, stub
> > your toe, pass beyond the point of no return, miss the target,
> > become ill, or even die. I could easily add a hundred more things
> > to this list, too. The answer is still the same; Jesus is always
> > right. Learn that truth and all will become new.
> >
> >
> >
> > Phil C Sharp
> > The Coil Of The snake
> > A Free Online E-Novel
> > www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
> >
> >
>
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