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smokey the dog
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Sliding in the Parking Lot SLIDING IN THE PARKING LOT
By Smokey the Dog 01/14/08
After driving north for 3 1/2 hours we pulled into the snow covered parking lot and went in to register for the conference. When we came to move the van down to the cabin where we would be staying we had trouble getting out of the lot. It was sloped and the wet snow had packed down and made things quite slippery. Try as we might all we did was spin our wheels and slide sideways. We just couldn’t get up the incline. This was a front wheel drive minivan too! Finally we had to back down to the bottom of the slope and get a running start before we slipped and slid our way back onto the road.
I thought about it and realized that that experience is kind of like our lives as Christians. Our life might take a long and winding road before we pull in and “register” for heaven by becoming Christians. Then we go out into the world, get in our spiritual vehicle, and can’t get out of the parking lot. We spin our wheels on the packed down snow and ice of this world. Sometimes our spiritual vehicles slide sideways, or even backwards. Yet with Christ we can always back down the hill, get a running start, and through the traction of God’s word, and the power of the Holy Spirit we can get back on God’s spiritual highway.
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smokey the dog
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I sent this on to pur pastor who had gone on the men's retreat with us, and he put it on the church's Men's Ministry page as a devotional thought.
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God's Warrior
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 Way to Go! It is an excellent example and needs to be read by many...........
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