Riverbottom Ron
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THE CHAIN OF UNGRACE
HELLO EVERY BODY!ITS AN AWSOME MORNIN HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOMS OF THE OLE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS .I LIVE RIGHT WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER,A HALF MILE FROM THE BARN.LETS GET GOIN .WE ALL HAVE BEEN WRONGED IN SOME WAY OR THE OTHER ,AND WE HAVE WRONGED SOMEONE IN SOME WAY OR THE OTHER.WE ALL CAN THINK OF A MILLION REASONS TO NOT FORGIVE SOMEBODY."IL LET HER STEW FOR A WHILE ",;IT WILL DO HER GOOD.."ITS NOT UP TO ME TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE."AND MANY MORE REASONS.WHEN I FINALLY SOFTEN TO THE POINT OF GRANTING OR ASKING FORGIVNESS ,IT SEEMS A LEAP FROM HARD LOGIC TO MUSHY SENTIMENT.ONE FACTOR THAT MOTIVATES ME TO FORGIVE IS THAT AS A CHRISTIAN I AM COMMANDED TO,AS THE CHILD OF A FATHER WHO FORGIVES.JESUS SAID,:IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST SOMEONE FORGIVE THEM,THAT YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN MAY ALSO FORGIVE YOU YOUR TRESPASSES."BUT BEYOND THAT, I CAN IDENTIFY THREE PRAGMATIC REASONS.FIRST, FORGIVNESS HALTS THE CYCLE OF BLAME AND PAIN,BREAKING THE CHAIN OF UNGRACE.WITHOUT IT WE REMAIN BOUND TO THE PEOLE WE CANT FORGIVE,HELD IN THEIR VISE GRIP.SECOND,FORGIVNESS LOOSENS THE STRANGLEHOLD OF GUILT IN THE PERPETRATOR .IT ALLOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFORMATION IN THE GUILTY PARTY,EVEN IF JUST PUNISHMENT IS STILL REQUIRED.AND THIRD,FORGIVNESS CREATES A REMARKABLE LINKAGE,PLACING THE FORGIVER ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE PARTY WHO DID THE WRONG.WE ARE NOT AS DIFFERENT AS THE WRONG DOER AS WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK,FOR WE TO MUST ASK OUR HEAVENLY FATHER ,"FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASS,AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESSPASS AGAINST US..."HE WHO CANNOT FORGIVE OTHERS BURN THE BRIDGES OVER WHICH HE HIMSELF MUST PASS OVER.IM SURE THERES SOMEONE WE NEED TO FORGIVE AND IM SURE THERES SOMEONE THAT WE NEED TO ASK TO FORGIVE US ,WHEN I FIRST ASKED GOD INTO MY LIFE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO THERE WERE A COUPLE GUYS THAT READ THIS HERE POST EACH DAY THAT I WRONGED AND I ASKED THEM TO FORGIVE ME AND I MADE IT RIGHT WITH THEM WE ARE STILL BEST FRIENDS AS BEST OF FRIENDS AS WE EVER WHERE ,AND IM GLAD I ASKED ...GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON....MOONLIGHT ANNA {SHANNON}THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU PUT ON HERE REALLY LIFTS ME UP AND MAKES MY DAY,THANK YOU ,ONE OF THESE DAYS WERE ALL GONA MEET IN HEAVEN AND WHAT AN AWSOME DAY THAT WILL BE! LOTS OF PEOPLE DONT KNOW IT BUT BRAD AND I HAVE NEVER MET BUT HE HAS BEEN AN INSPIREATION IN MY WALK WITH GOD ! I GOTA TELL A SHORT STORY HERE,I PLAY A GUITAR ,HAVE FOR YEARS ,I WANTED A BANJO,IVE NEVER PLAYED ONE IN MY LIFE.IVE PICKED ONE UP BEFORE AND MAN DID IT SOUND BAD.MY HUNTIN BUDDY CHRIS SOLD ME HIS,HE BOUGHT A NEW ONE,NOW CHRIS IS A GOOD GUITARAND BANJO PICKER,HE TOLD ME I CAN TUNE THAT BANJO AND YOU WILL INSTANTLY BE ABLE TO PLAY IT ,,I THOUGHT YEA ,CHRIS,,,I BET I CAN.WELL CHRIS TUNED THE STRINGS TO AN OPEN G CORD.AS SOON AS YA STRUM IT ITS G CORD ALL YA GOTA DO AFTER THAT IS LAY YOUR FINGERS ACROSS THE RIGHT FRET ON THE BANJO,WELL I STARTED STRUMIN AND INSTANTLY I WAS PLAYIN IL FLY AWAY LIKE OLE GRAMPA JONES ,OR CHARLIE DANIELS..I CALLED MY WIFE KAREN AND TOLD HER DONT GO TO BED YET I HAD A SUPRIZE FOR HER ,WHEN I GOT HOME I HAD HER CLOSE HER EYES AS I CAME IN WITH THAT BANJO HUNG AROUND MY NECK,SHE JUST SMILED AND SAID DARLIN,WHAT YOU GONA DO WITH THAT, I SAID SIT BACK AND LISTEN ,I STARTED PLAYIN AND SINGIN IL FLY AWAY,SHE JOINED IN SINGIN WITH ME ,HER EYES REAL WIDE OPEN,WHEN WE GOT DONE SHE SAID ," HOW DID YOU LEARN TO PLAY THE BANJO WITHOUT ME KNOWIN IT ?I SAID HONEY GOD HAS GIVEN ME ANOTHER GIFT,I DIDNT TELL HER IT WAS JUST THE WAY CHRIS TUNED THE BANJO,SHE BUSTED MY BUBBLE THOUGH,SHE SAID YOUR NO GRAMPA JONES BUT KEEP PRACTICING YA NEED IT ,,,WE LAUGHED ,I DO HAVE A SWEET WIFE....WERE BLESSED ,BYE,BYE,!!!!!
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RON MAGGART FIELDON ILLINOIS
{TEAM BIBLE THUMPER}
ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD GAVE US FRIENDS AND COONHOUNDS, " I AM A GREATLY BLESSED",HIGHLY FAVORED" " IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD "KEEP YOUR {FAITH IN GOD } FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE,BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE,AND RECIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE. WERE BLESSED !!
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