Do you remember the old Cosby show and the scene with Theo where Cliff Huxtable threatens to take Theo out? Here it is if you haven't seen it or don't remember it!
I'm not sure I'd recommend that as a good disciplinary tactic but it is pretty funny!
In today's scripture reading, John quotes Jesus saying, "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it." The Son gives life. And later in John's book, Jesus says that he came so that we can have life and have it to the full (John 10:10).
Life to the full - what an awesome promise that is! We don't have to settle for trudging through life as if there is no hope and nothing to look forward to. We have hope for a full life...here and hereafter!
Now I'm not naive enough to think that every day is going to feel full of all the warm and fuzzy stuff we'd like to have. Some days are just hard and they seem full of everything that is not good in this life. But if we turn our attitude toward gratitude, I believe we will begin to see the fullness of life. And when we are grateful, I believe we will see more and more of this same fullness.
God did make us...but I sure am glad that he doesn't threaten to take us out! Instead he promises a full life and I say bring it on!
- Holly Barrett
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