There is the battle of the bulge. It is caused by the overuse of the eating utensils to the mouth combined with the urge to rest your bottom on the couch or easy chair. I have always wondered why it is called an easy chair. The older I get the hard it is to get out of the thing! Could it be that the chair makes it easier to life to kill me?
Some fight the battle of the family. Families are a wonderful gift from God. However, some family moments turn into battles. Then there is tough battle of blended families. Kids have to be taken and picked up. Past hurts are often visited whether we want to visit them or not.
The most tempting battle is the shopping frenzy that is offered in our culture of more. Tony Campolo labels it a commercial orgy. People running into the store to get more stuff that they think they need or have to have. Or they have convinced themselves that being a good friend, parent, or spouse is to get someone more. And then the bill comes. Some will create a debt in the next 30 days that will require payments for years.
Maybe we should buy less, give away more, and laugh more.
A young rich lawyer came to Jesus. The lawyer was full of himself. He obviously had done well and was religious. So his question to Jesus was one that he thought he knew the answer. Lawyers are like that. They ask questions that they know the answer already. Only Jesus did not give the answer the lawyer expected. Jesus told the lawyer to sell all he had and give it to the poor. This is the only person that these instructions are given to by Jesus.. And the man would not do it.
You can have everything that this life can offer but without God........
The key to winning life's battles is to surrender. Surrender to God. You will buy less, give more, and laugh more.
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