The last bible topic from 2011 was a quote by Victor Frankl.
Victor was a prisoner and holocaust survivor during World War II and spent time in Auschwitz and Dachau among other prisoner and slave camps. He was a psychologist before the war, and while in prison decided that while the circumstances and situations were beyond his control, he could in fact control his own thoughts and how he reacted to the situation. He had a saying he kept with him during and after the experience of the concentration camps. the saying was.....
"Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time."
If we were to live our Christian lives as if we were given our second chance by God, just like the prodigal son, and that the reminder of the mistakes we made in the past fresh on our mind, we might make better decisions for God.
No matter the circumstances in life, we choose how we will react in any given situation. God is wanting us to choose the higher calling.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
To continue on a lighter note here is a joke about little Johnny....
After church on Sunday morning, Little Johnny suddenly announced to his mother, "Mom, I've decided I'm going to be a minister when I grow up."
"That's okay with us," his mother said, "But what made you decide to be a minister?"
"Well," Little Johnny replied, "I'll have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell than to sit still and listen."
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