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Text Box: In referring to the signs which will announce Judgment Day, and in telling us not to go back to pick up our coats, and not try to complete something on which we were working, Jesus who is God, is telling us that not only will it be too late to change at the instant of the Judgment of All, but that it will be too late to change at the instant of our individual death. Jesus is telling us to be prepared not for Judgment Day, not for the end of the world, but to be prepared for our own death, which can come at any time. If you knew the exact instant at which the end of the world were to occur, or at which you were to die, would that make any difference to you? If it would, then what is it that you would be doing which is different from what you are doing now? If you might lead a life of sin until the last instant, and think that you them would be able to repent, you are fooling yourself. If you would try more fervently to lead a life of holiness, then why are you not doing so now? In all likelihood, if you were to know the exact instant of the end of the world, or of you death, it would make little difference in how you would lead your life. The important factor each of us should consider is to follow the plans established by God by which we attain eternal happiness; and not to make our own plans or follow the plans of someone else. We have been given special gifts which will assist us in following God’s plans, direction, and instruction: the gifts of memory and embarrassment. If we are both blessed and seemingly cursed with remembering all of the stupid things which we have done, and the embarrassing situations we have gotten ourselves into, then we should be thankful. We should be thankful for we will find relief in the arms of those who really love us. And the leader of the ones who really love us is Jesus Christ. When our stupidity haunts us we

Text Box: actually are blessed, even though it is emotionally painful. We are blessed because we have severe discomfort at our own inadequacies. We are able to acknowledge our mistakes, while many people are unable to acknowledge their mistakes. And in knowing our mistakes we have a measure of how much God loves us. In the measure of our mistakes and our wishing we had not made them and our wishing we could make them OK, we have the beginning of the measure of God’s love for us. For His love for us towers far above all of our mistakes. And the more we wish we had not made them, then the more God loves us. Cultivate the ability to remember, and remember. Also cultivate the ability to be embarrassed, and the ability to be delighted. Remember your stupidity, be embarrassed at your stupidity, and avoid repetition of your stupidity. And remember when you have behaved admirably, be delighted, and attempt to continue your admirable behavior. If you so do, for the sake of God, you will experience less concern for yourself when contemplating your own death or the end of the world, but you may experience an increased concern for others in such contemplations. Ref: Col. 1:9-14; Mat. 24:15-35 +

Text Box: WHEN OUR STUPIDITY HAUNTS US Often it seems as though we can never do anything correctly. As though we mess up everything which we touch, and that what we have messed up can never be corrected. It is as though we embarrass ourselves constantly. But the ones who really mess up are those who attempt to predict when the end of the world will come. The ones who really mess up are the ones who consider themselves to be above reproach. The ones who really mess up are the ones who believe they never mess up. If you look into the sky you will see the sign of the Son of Man which has flashed across the sky from east to west and is permanently imbedded across the entire universe. You do not need to look in the desert, or in a hidden room, to find the Saviour of the world, because He has already come and provided the wherewithal of salvation. And His Father has seen to our continual care through the Holy Ghost Who will remain with us until the time all are judged together. But each of us will be judged at death, so we will already know our own eternity at the time of our own death.

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