It's Your Turn

   We have all heard these words spoken to us, right? The Good Lord is still speaking those words to you today!  Are you not listening?

   Yes, I too have heard these words spoken to me; loud and clear these last couple of years.  Maybe it’s because I’m pretty close to the “finish line,” now that I’m well past the “three score and ten” mark.

   This past April I wrote “Strike Three” for the Wisconsin Christian News.  I guess most of us understand that phrase to mean “You’re Out!”  That is also called “Life.”  We get to live life ONLY ONCE this side of heaven, and then it’s all over.  No second chances.

   Why not just “get in the game?”  Step up to the plate!  Then “let ‘er fly!”   

   I want to encourage you to really make an effort to make a difference.  Don’t be satisfied with only “church attendance.”  Get your hands dirty!  Remember when baseball players getting ready to bat would bend down and get some dirt on their hands before swinging the bat?  (That was before those fancy gloves they wear now).

   I’m now speaking from some experience.  I’ve been involved with troubled men these past forty years.  J ...

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