"THE TENANT"

Since we were born there is somebody that takes over inside our hearts,
He is the one that teaches us to lie, to curse, and all the bad things he
wants us to do! And we do not even seem to realize it because, he has
always been there and we don’t even remember since when,
he became our room made!

The room is trashed! The walls dirty, spider webs, roaches everywhere!
And a bad smell! A really stinky smell that even when we take a bath
and rub on our body the most expensive perfume, our heart, which is
the place he lives, STINKS!

We have become, thanks to him, a bad habits person with a hardened
heart inclined to the material things and the pleasures and vices of the
world, irresponsables of our duties, as people should be, insensibles
of the pain of others, and so full of hate that corrodes our souls.
Is it ever going to be an end of this?
Our life is not eternal! We need help! But nobody can help us!
This “Tenant” of ours, is not satisfied dirtying our hearts, but also
dirties our minds, and our souls.
Drink! Smoke!He says, steal! Curse! Lie!
ENJOY LIFE BECAUSE IS SHORT! Don’t worry!
Tomorrow you will die and everything comes to an end!

We trust him, and we let him take control of our lives, not realizing
that obeying him, will make our lives shorter, because alcohol, drugs,
cigarrets, and having sex with different people could end our lives
with terrible illnesses like cancer and A.I.D.S.

It would be nice if we could see all the damage this tenant of us is
causing in our lives and kick him out and close the door so he could
never come back to us, but is not that easy, because he has been with
us for so long, that he thinks we are his property, he thinks we are
his slaves, and to tell you the truth, he may be right!

Why?

Well, because we haven’t done anything at all to get rid of him!
Some times, we see all the filth in us and we try to fix it sweeping
dusting, and putting everything in order to have some rest, but.. ..
as soon as the tenant comes back, starts throwing away everything
and starts dirtying the walls of our being again!
Our happiness comes to an end!
And we start over, doing the bad things, without any hope of liberty!
ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SLAVES OF OUR TENANT?
WHAT CAN WE DO TO EVICT HIM AND BE FREE?
OH! DEAR LORD! CAN YOU HELP US?

We have been faithful and obedient to our tenant whom little by little
has been converted into our “Master”, when we obey him, we become
his slaves, and we always will, unless we have in us the intense desire
to brake these heavy chains !
Lie, Pride, Hate, are some of the chain links that joins us to him!
And when we obey him, we disobey God!
God has always wanted to help us since He sent his Beloved Son
to die on a cross to rescue and give us freedom! To clean our hearts of
so much filth,and begin a new life serving Him instead, but.. ..
Jesus Christ is a Gentleman and as such, He does not enter into a place
That He has not be invited!
We cannot serve two masters said the Bible, because when we serve one,
we give our backs to the other!
When we deny obedience to the tenant, he becomes our enemy!
But God becomes our Friend!
HOW COULD WE INVITE JESUS CHRIST TO COME TO LIVE
INOUR HEARTS IF THE PLACE IS ALREADY OCCUPIED?
Do it!
When we do, Jesus Christ cleans our hearts, of all filth that we have
Gathered during all our life, and gives us weapons to fight against
The enemy, the tenant, and when he realize his end, he uses his “Hook”
and uses as bait, the things we like the most, so we could open the door
back to him, but if we resist his temptations, and we attack him with
the Word of God, he goes away and let us to live in peace!
If you invite Jesus Christ to live in your heart, you ask Him for forgive-
ness for all your sins, you will feel inside of you, the fragrance that
only exist, in Christ’s Love! Give Thanks to God and share His Love!
Dear Jesus:
Thank You for giving your life on a cross for us!
Come into my life! Into my soul! Into my heart! And never leave!
I repent of everything bad I have made and I would like to change!
I BELIEVE IN YOU LORD!
I Believe in your Resurrection an in your Salvation!
I believe in the present of life eternal that you give to your believers!
Come! Come to my life! I would like to be born again!

GOD LOVES YOU! AND WANTS YOU TO BE FREE!
RAISE YOUR ARMS AND OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO HIM!
SMILE! YOU ARE FREE!
PRAISE THE LORD!

Jose Salazar
S. de C.