A thought by John Ortberg (2014-04-22) from his book, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You (p. 91). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) It is so easy to live in a state of denial isn’t it? Such as… …I can eat a dozen Cinnamon Rolls from Winchell’s and it won’t affect my weight. …I can have an affair but it won’t hurt my marriage. …I can let my temper fly and it won’t hurt my relationships. …I can have an attitude at work and get away with it. …I can spend, spend, spend and I won’t get into debt. …I can never go to church or never read my Bible and it won’t hurt my relationship with Christ. But no matter how much you believe those statements your denial of the law of consequences will be huge and damaging. Now there is also a positive side to this law of consequences. If I live by or use the law of consequences for my good then it will have a positive effect in my life. Such as…
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...