Monday 12 March, 2007                            subscribe | unsubscribe | discuss | archive

 

Extra wrinkles

by Bruce Wadd  

 

I’m not a smoker, but I sometimes join the smoking group as they exit buildings to light up. The conversation is always good!

 

Sitting with some smokers recently I began noticing the faces of these men and ladies a little younger than me. Their skin was etched with more pronounced wrinkles than normal.

 

As I sat, enjoying the conversation, the wrinkles kept speaking to me, rather than the voices. And what were they saying? These extra marks show a choice I have made over many years!

 

I couldn’t help but wonder what messages my life… your life… tells people. The marks, the grey hairs, the extra weight, the muscles, the bright smile, the gentle touch… even the wrinkles, speak of a life being spent in choices.

 

Are you happy with what you see?

 

Remember, if you saw Jesus today, you would see holes in each hand – a vital choice made many years ago… FOR YOU!

 

“But [Jesus] laid aside His mighty power and glory,

taking the disguise of a slave and becoming like men.

And He humbled Himself even further, going so far

as actually to die a criminal’s death on a cross.”

Philippians 2:7,8

 

Choose well… wrinkles tell a message!

 

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