Wearing out my running shoes...

I was a runner! I knew that the Lord was dealing with me but I made every excuse not to respond.

I wanted to keep doing my own thing in my own way at my own pace.

And when things fell apart trying to do them all on my own ..thankfully..gracefully..mercifully..God didn't look at me and ask me.."How's that working out for you?"..He just pulled out a chair for me to rest and dine at His table.

Are you running? Are you making excuses? There is still time to RSVP. I don't know how much, but if you are reading this now..there is time to stop running!

Luke 14:16-24 NIV

Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.  At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’    

“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’     

“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’     

“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’     

“The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’     

“ ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’     

“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.  I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’ ”