Today is Wednesday, November 1st, 2006; Karen's Korner #923
A couple of days ago I got a form letter from a company telling me that I "had been selected for inclusion in their Who's Who" book, which is being printed in the near future. It went on to say that I had to "confirm my inclusion in the directory, along with a brief biographical sketch" of who I am. And there is no cost for my information to be included.
Many of you also receive or have received such letters with enclosure cards and envelopes. Our high school students get them, so do college kids. Who knows who else! No, there isn't any cost the letter said. But we assume in the future there will be an "opportunity" for us to obtain the book in which my prestigous name is listed; and for that, well, there is a fee.
As I chose to toss the letter into the wastebasket, I thought, "I am happy to be listed in God's Book of Life...the one that doesn't end at death or when planets cease to be! That listing didn't and doesn't cost me anything. But it cost Jesus everything!!"
The best part is that it is a book which is open and available to everyone. All we have to do is ask Jesus to be included. I need and want to have my name published in that book. That thought and reality makes me very happy. It adds a smile to my face, a spring in my step, and a dimension to my life.
Are you listed in His Who's Who book? If not, today is a good day to join this "prestigious club".
Romans 10:9 says, "If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."
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