Talk to THE HAND!!!!!

Once again I am sitting in the stillness of the morning....sipping my warm coffee listening for sounds of stirring kids and thinking..... contemplating....As a child I was told there was only one sin that was unforgivable according to God. That sin was Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. I remember hearing that if you did, you had a one way ticket to the fire and brimstone motel. A motel that had a spa where you can sweat your joys away in an eternal sauna with no hope of refreshment or peace. Unforgivable, never forgiving, sounds kind of scary to me. I remember getting mad at God and yelling at Him and then, thinking I was never going to Heaven because of it, fear and grief just flooded me....as a kid. As a young adult (oh my young adult? what am I now???) I remember when I got mad at God to watch what I said and not say anything that could actually be considered blasphemy. What does blasphemy mean anyway? So glad you asked! In the Merriam Webster online dictionary Blasphemy means this- 1) The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God. 2) The act of claiming the attributes of deity. 3) irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Sounds pretty straight forward but, is it really? My Pastor put it in a great way (I'm paraphrasing here) blasphemy is like when someone puts up their hand in the face of the one talking because, they do not want to hear something that person has to say and says TALK TO THE HAND!!!! When a person says talk to the hand to God or the Holy Spirit, it is blasphemy and unforgivable IF, yes I said IF and its big.....IF they do it until they take their last breath, then there is no turning back. SOOOOOO God is merciful and just and, there is an escape clause to the unforgivable sin. The thing is, you have to want to take it and mean it. What is the "escape clause?" REPENTANCE, take down your hand, let God talk to you. Ask the most forgiving, kind, loving, merciful God to forgive you. Let God work in you He wants to. David a man of power sinned, He looked at a woman, slept with her, got her pregnant and then had her hubby killed to cover it all up yet, God still forgave because, David had a repentant heart. No matter what you have done in your life God is waiting for you. Take Down your defiant hand and take the loving hand of God. Let Him walk with you, talk to you and lead you. Given the choice and we all have been given THE CHOICE, I am gonna say to satan TALK TO THE HAND!!!!! To God I'm gonna say, I'm sorry, forgive me, work with me and make me who YOU want me to be. Yesterday in Church a song started running through my brain by I believe Chris Tomlin.....

                                                     I'm forgiven because you were forsaken,
                                                     I'm accepted, you were condemned
                                                     I'm alive and well, your spirit is within me,
                                                     because you died and rose again.

                                                     Amazing love, how can it be that you, my King,
                                                     should die for me?
                                                     Amazing love, I know it's true.
                                                     It's my joy to honor You, In all I do, I honor You
                                                     You are my King, Jesus You are my King.

It repeats itself but, it gets the point across don't ya think? After all that why would anyone say talk to the hand?

That's my thought for the day,

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