The Real Thing!


Truth is, this world sucks. If we're waiting for anything,
outside of ourselves, to make a lasting difference ... we have a
long wait ahead.

Love, peace, happiness, joy, and the like exudes from the
inside out, if it can be found anywhere at all. It's our outlook
and up look that makes any dreary day glad. Only, it isn't about
our goodness. It grows as our relationship with God grows;
replacing darkness with light, despair with hope, sadness with
joy, hate with love ...

We don't read the Bible, pray, do good deeds, and such for
any measure of works. We do whatever feeds the soul because we
want it! We need it! We choose it! The highs get higher, the
sun shines longer; our days are brighter, our joy increased. It
is addictive, though free. We pursue it because it isn't a
generic substitute. It's the real thing!!!

The more we discover what is real and true, the more we come
to realize that all mankind are idiots in having chosen any other
way. And, we were, once, ignorant, too.

The next time you see temptation, call it what it is (a
generic substitute) then, go for the real thing.


® 2004 by Joyce C. Lock

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About the Author:

Joyce C. Lock founded and maintains the email ministries
"Heavenly Inspirations"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and
"Share a Smile" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smilesharing/ .
She also has a published e-book, "The Difference",
which can be purchased here:
http://www.theeaglesgarden.com/