All or Nothing
All or Nothing.....
I just got off of a phone call from a friend of mine and he said that I was a "All or Nothing" kind of guy. I honestly don't know what to do with that. I know it is true in a large part of my life. I grew up with the mind set.... The only thing that meant anything to me was to win. Sports, games, anything.... You either won or you didn't. "All or Nothing".
As I think about that I am coming to the understand that it isn't a good character trait to have. I know if I look back at my life growing up with that motto I see what that does to you. I have always said that I'm not sure how I had friends growing up with some of my actions toward them. I can recall some of the things I use to say to them over a basketball game. I can remember the exact way I felt when I lost. I was the worst loser....
Looking back I am ashamed at the way I acted. I do not want to live life with the same motto.... Or do I? I wonder if that motto if used correctly could push you into unforeseen successes? I mean if everything you did in life you did with that motto what would happen. In your career. If you gave it "your all" what would happen at work? With your family. If you gave your family "your all" what would happen at home? Think about all the areas of your life and then ask the question, what if I gave it "my all".
"All or Nothing".... I think the unknown of the whole thing is the"All". I'm pretty sure I know what happens when we do "Nothing".
I think about what the Bible says about this and I can only think about Jesus. He says "Nobody comes through the Father except through me". Now to me that is about as "All or Nothing" as you can get. HE doesn't give you any other way.... Either you accept Jesus into you heart and have eternal life or you go to Hell. I know that sounds harsh. I know that it is hard to believe that only Jesus can give you eternal life, but it's true. It was only Jesus that suffered and took on "All" of our sins at the Cross. It is then that Jesus was able to clean or remove our sin, forever. All you have to do is ask. "All or Nothing".....
Jesus I pray that you help live with this "All or Nothing" idea in a healthy way. I pray that I will be able to have the wisdom to know when to do "All" and when to do "Nothing", in Jesus name Amen.
I just got off of a phone call from a friend of mine and he said that I was a "All or Nothing" kind of guy. I honestly don't know what to do with that. I know it is true in a large part of my life. I grew up with the mind set.... The only thing that meant anything to me was to win. Sports, games, anything.... You either won or you didn't. "All or Nothing".
As I think about that I am coming to the understand that it isn't a good character trait to have. I know if I look back at my life growing up with that motto I see what that does to you. I have always said that I'm not sure how I had friends growing up with some of my actions toward them. I can recall some of the things I use to say to them over a basketball game. I can remember the exact way I felt when I lost. I was the worst loser....
Looking back I am ashamed at the way I acted. I do not want to live life with the same motto.... Or do I? I wonder if that motto if used correctly could push you into unforeseen successes? I mean if everything you did in life you did with that motto what would happen. In your career. If you gave it "your all" what would happen at work? With your family. If you gave your family "your all" what would happen at home? Think about all the areas of your life and then ask the question, what if I gave it "my all".
"All or Nothing".... I think the unknown of the whole thing is the"All". I'm pretty sure I know what happens when we do "Nothing".
I think about what the Bible says about this and I can only think about Jesus. He says "Nobody comes through the Father except through me". Now to me that is about as "All or Nothing" as you can get. HE doesn't give you any other way.... Either you accept Jesus into you heart and have eternal life or you go to Hell. I know that sounds harsh. I know that it is hard to believe that only Jesus can give you eternal life, but it's true. It was only Jesus that suffered and took on "All" of our sins at the Cross. It is then that Jesus was able to clean or remove our sin, forever. All you have to do is ask. "All or Nothing".....
Jesus I pray that you help live with this "All or Nothing" idea in a healthy way. I pray that I will be able to have the wisdom to know when to do "All" and when to do "Nothing", in Jesus name Amen.
posted by Andy Rainey at Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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