Faith-bearing Seed for the Soul
"While the earth remaineth,
Seedtime and harvest
....shall not cease"

Genesis 8:22

"Pity Party a Success!

"Pity Party A Success!

Thank you for attending.

See you next time!"

Satan

Everyone but me got a "thank you" note from the devil, after

his party.

When I got to the party, many of my friends were there...we

were all sitting around in a circle telling our stories. One friend

said, "I prayed for healing. I trusted God with all of my heart,

but I'm still sick." Satan replied to her, "That means only one

thing. There has to be sin in your life causing it. Why continue

trusting God for something that just isn't going to happen?

You know you'll never stop being a sinner no matter how many

times you repent, and you will suffer for the rest of your life

with this illness because of it."

Broken hearted and full of despair, the young couple who just

lost their first child spoke next. "We wanted a child so much.

To have it for just two weeks, love it with all of our heart, and

then to have Him take it. It's just not fair. How could He be

such a loving God and allow THIS to happen to us?" Pointing his

long, ugly finger at the couple Satan snorted, "This is what I

have been trying to tell you! God is supposed to be love, does

this look like an act of love to you?"

My wealthy friend began complaining about how the stock

market had fallen...how hard he had worked all of his life to

get where he was today just to have it all stripped from him.

He shared this: "Well, you people...I quit going to church long

ago, and let me tell you why! All they want is money, money!

Nobody there loved me for anything but what they could get

out of me. I finally decided that I earned it, and all those

people they kept trying to raise funds for, well, they need

to get off their dead behinds and do for themselves the same

way I did." Satan showed a video of all the world, then he

sneeringly quipped, "I am the principality and power of the air...

the world is mine. You, my dear friend, have finally come to

your senses. You have a brain...and you are using it!"

It was my turn. "You are new to our group. Tell us what has

gotten you so distraught!" Satan urged. "No, let me tell you!"

he continued. "Money is really tight, no matter how hard you

try, things seem to get worse. You've dedicated your life to

Jesus and you work for Him all the time for nothing. Your body

aches continually. Nobody really loves you! It's only words

when they say they do...they aren't there for you when you

need them. Right when things seemed to be going well for you

for a change, a disaster struck. You lost almost everything.

And now... now that you have decided to serve Him all the more,

He rewards you with a completely new crushing set of vile

problems. Welcome, you've come to the right place! I truly

understand! God kicked me out of heaven for no good reason

at all. He's very unfair!"

They were all waiting for me to speak. In his attempt to

encourage me to complain, my wealthy friend said, "If you

don't feel sorry for yourself, who's going to?" The sad young

coupled chimed in with, "You are just human, what more can

He expect of you?" Then my sick friend added the clincher,

"God brought you and me out here to die. We'll never be healed!

The sooner we die, the faster we'll be out of our pain. I'm taking

my life tonight...why don't you join me?"

The only thought that came to mind was:

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten

Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but

have everlasting life. John 3:16"

I quoted it out loud, adding, "Jesus has paid with His life so that

I can have eternal life. My hope is not in the things here on earth.

My hope is that I KNOW that I will spend eternity with Him one day.

In heaven I will walk on streets of gold. Not having enough money

will not be a problem...gold will be treated like dirt. I will be reunited

with my loved ones and then I will understand why they were taken.

There will be no more death, sorrow or suffering...all my tears will

be wiped away. If He never does another thing for me, that's MORE

THAN ENOUGH!"

Realizing that I was in a place I shouldn't be, I excused myself.

"If you will all excuse me, I need to be leaving. I'm going to find a

quiet place to repent of feeling sorry for myself and I want to

thank God for what has already been done for me. I need to

spend some fruitful time in the Word and prayer instead of

wasting my time here. "

As I ran as fast as I could away from Satan's Pity Party, a host

of cutting taunts... "FOOL! IDIOT! IGNORANT, STUPID DUNCE,

YOU'LL BE BACK!" clashed against my back as Satan and his

group hurled them at me. I kept running and didn't look back.

Why did I go there in the first place?...Because I was afraid...

because I didn't trust enough in God's love to see me through.

I had allowed despair and doubt to enter into my heart and I

wanted to share it with someone I thought might understand.

Unfortunately, I went to the wrong place. I should have gone

to Jesus with my doubts and fear first!

I John 4:18-19 LB

"We need have no fear of someone who loves us perfectly;

His perfect love for us eliminates all dread of what he might

do to us. If we are afraid, it is for fear of what he might do

to us, and shows that we are not fully convinced that he really

loves us. So you see, our love for him comes as a result of

his loving us first."

Lord God...

Forgive us for not trusting completely in you in our times

of trouble, and for not realizing the depth of the love that was

given to us when Jesus took our place on the cross. Cleanse us

from feeling sorry for ourselves and thereby opening ourselves

up to the taunts of the enemy. Help us to always remember that

no greater love is there than to lay your life down for another...

and Lord Jesus, you have done that for me so that I may spend

eternity in heaven. Never let me again doubt that you love me

and that you are watching over me . Let my hope and faith be

strong in you no matter what life brings, for I know that you

will never leave me or forsake me...You will see me through

every difficulty and trial. I lift my gratitude and love to you

now, Lord, in Jesus' merciful, forgiving name. Amen

Rooted and grounded in the love of Christ Jesus,

Marlene JuHaros,

TexasSower

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