The Written Manual for Everyday Life

[rayofsunshine]

I get this in a daily email, and wanted to share.....


The Written Manual for Everyday Life

Did you get yours?
Wouldn't it be nice to have a manual. Something that you could go to
every time you had a problem in life...
Make a new friend. Page 32
Make a decision. Page 10
Make choices to live a long life. Page 61

Wouldn't that be nice?
A manual with answers.
The cover and pages tattered and worn from being read, over and over,
everyday. Book marks everywhere. Little notes in the margins. All
those daily struggles you face... and a book that gives you everything
you need to deal with life's struggles.
How to live your life. Page 109
How to get along with your parents. Page 187
How to raise kids. Page 204 - 1040 <giggle>

Funny thing about manuals. People want one, but then, and I so don't
get this. People don't read their manuals. From the one in your glove
box (ever put your gloves in there?) for your car, the one that comes
with your appliances and the big thick ones that come with your
software for your computer. Still shrink wrapped, patiently waiting
for you to remove the plastic wrap, open the pages and read. No one
reads those things. Takes to long. All those words. All those
instructions. I get to page 5... then I am fast asleep.

That's the problem with a Manual for Everyday life.
Everybody wants one. No one wants to take the time to read one.
How do I know?
The answers to everyday life, the manual for your life is the Bible.
People have Bibles. Most laying next to the bed. Just waiting for a
life changing event to come along. The person's life shattered by
an event. The dust blown away. The book picked up and opened as the
search for an answer (most often why, why, why) is on.
If only... they had picked up the Bible long ago. They would know
right were to turn. They would know the answers, have the pages
bookmarked in preparation. Living their life close to God. Their heart
and mind prepared by their Father for whatever life throws them.
You got questions.
Want to know more about life.
Need help with an issue you're struggling with?
Open your book. The one next to the bed.
Wisdom? Open to Proverbs.
Romance? Open to Song of Songs
Marriage? Open to Colossians
Love? Open to Corinthians
How to build a really big boat? Open to Genesis <wink>
How to live your life? Open to Paul's book of Romans
God's rules for your life? Open to Exodus and Deuteronomy
Need Joy for your life journey? Open to 1 Peter
I can go on and on.
People searching for answers. All the time, they have everything they
need and oh so much more. Sitting right there next to their bed.
If only.
If they would just pick up their Bible. Blow off the dust and open the
pages.
The manual for their life. The answers to comfort them. The answers to
life. The answers to joy.
Answers, answers and more answers.
Just waiting.
Pick it up.
Open it up.
Read it up.

One last note. I love to write in my Bible. I hear a sermon about a
passage. I write the title of the sermon, the date and the preacher
next to the passage. As I thumbed through my Bible this morning I
came across many notes I used to write this for you. Some going back
over 10 years. For me, it was like looking through a photo album.
Wonderful memories. Oh what a Joy!
The other reason... Anytime some one asks me something. I simply say
it's in my Bible. How do I know?
I wrote it and put it in there. <giggle>
Hope you enjoy your Written Manual for Everyday Life today. I pray you
share what you read with others.
Your faithful friend,
Tim

Inspiring your heart, your life and the world... One story at a time.
Inspiration List
©2008 Tim Levin

[rozied]

We do have a manual of sorts, The Bible.

[Jadmack25]

Have a great stack of manuals covering every appliance I have, read them only when things go wonky. My bible is however read no matter what. Had cataract operation last week and having difficulty as sight has changed in that eye and specs no good for reading. Remembered that I have Bible on computer, so am back in action again, thanks to bigger print.

Praise God.

[IO Storm]

Thanks ray..

You truly are one of God's "rays" of sunshine!

[Lily]

AMEN! I love my instruction Manual for life! Thanks for sharing. Blessings, Sheila