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When Queen Victoria was a child, she didn't know she was in line for the throne of England.
Her
instructors, trying to prepare her for the future, were frustrated
because they couldn't motivate her. She just didn't take her studies
seriously.
Finally, her teachers decided to tell her that one day she would become the queen of England.
Upon hearing this, Victoria quietly said, "Then I will be good."
The
realization that she had inherited this high calling gave her a sense
of responsibility that profoundly affected her conduct from then on.
When
you take a stand, or do not take one, just stop and realize that one
day the stand you take will be before the throne of God.
And as you stand there, it will have been duly recorded what you stood for while you lived.
Made in the image of God and sometimes godly…and sometimes not.
This is not a matter of being forgiven. That is unlimited. This is trying to have less to be forgiven for.
And to this challenge to think better and live better come the words of the Psalmist (Psalm 1:1-2)
“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”
It all comes down to whether we dig in our heels or drag our feet.
Move
toward God’s will when it comes to an ethical attitude and doing what’s
right, or drag our feet when it comes to taking such a moral stand.
Are
we reluctant to carry Christ’s cross on the highways and byways or do
we prefer to keep it secluded in the shadows of our sanctuaries?
Just
remember, on your birth day when you were given the great gift of life,
you were at the same time given the great gift of responsibility
A patient knocked over a cup of water, which spilled on the floor beside the patient's bed.
The patient was afraid he might slip on the water if he got out of the bed, so he asked a nurse's aide to mop it up.
The
patient didn't know it, but the hospital policy said that small spills
were the responsibility of the nurse's aides while large spills were to
be mopped up by the hospital's housekeeping group.
The nurse's aide decided the spill was a large one and she called the housekeeping department.
A housekeeper arrived and declared the spill a small one. An argument followed.
"It's not my responsibility," said the nurse's aide, "because it's a large puddle."
The housekeeper did not agree. "Well, it's not mine," she said, "the puddle is too small."
The
exasperated patient listened for a time, then took a pitcher of water
from his night table and poured the whole thing on the floor. "Is that a
big enough puddle now for you two to decide?" he asked.
It was, and that was the end of the argument.
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and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure
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