"OVERWEIGHT?"

When we feel on us a weight above what we consider normal,
We go into a diet! We stop eating!
We start exercising we begin eating salads without any kind of dressings,
and we begin watching our weight stepping on a scale many times a day!
A month goes by, and we check our weight again!
My God we say! I’ve lost a lot of weight! We feel very happy!
We feel light, we could walk faster, we feel great! And then,
temptation shows up! Let’s go to eat outside to celebrate!
How about a piece of cake for a dessert?
Why not! It wouldn’t hurt me just a slice!
We forget about the scale, and a month later, we found out that:
We picked up more weight than what we lost the month before!
What ever happened? What did we do wrong?
Very simple! We made a commitment! Yes! But only for one month!
Dieting it is not just to stop eating for a month, but to change!
To change our bad eating habits for life!
It is a life commitment! Do it for life!

When we feel on our backs all the weight of sin, and we start to feel
bad about it, we begin looking for God to remove it from us!
We felt the necessity in our souls to get rid of our sins!
We get involve in religion, looking for God!
Some become Christians, because we wanted to begin a new life
away from sin! We feel happy! And proud to be one!
But after time passes by, temptation comes!
And if we don’t have the right weapons to fight against evil,
We fall! We fall without anybody to catch us down and we’ve got hurt!
We made a commitment! Yes!
But it was not a commitment for life! Was it?
The price to follow Christ it is not cheap! We think that everything
it is going to be pink, but there is also red, yellow and pitch black!
There are roses, yes! But also a lot of thorns!
We think that everything will be happiness, but they are also tears!
We think that it will be a life of freedom, but it is not!
We need to depose the weapons the devil makes us to use for our own
defeat! These weapons are: Pride, hate, lies, envy and to embrace:
The tools of God: Love, Truth, Humbleness, Charity, Mercy!
It is not just to say:I believe in Christ! But to demonstrate it with our
work using God’s “Tools”
Without God’s help, it will be an impossible task, however, Christ,
Puts in us all the help we need when we surrender ourselves to Him!
When we deposit our love and trust in Him!
When we deposit our life at His feet! Not for one month, but forever!
Who perseveres until the end, says the Bible, will have eternal life!
Well, somebody says, I am skinny, I don’t need any diet!
You could be skinny, but your soul may be fat, full of sin!
Jesus Christ is for all, but unfortunately not all are Christ’s
Why don’t you?
Open up your heart to Him!
Our suffering increases our patience!
The hate we receive increases our love!
The darkness of the world vanishes with the Light! Christ’s Light!
Christ is Peace!
Our Peace!

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.
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