Lessons From The Journey: From The Frying Pan Into The Fire!

LESSONS FROM THE JOURNEY: FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE!

EXODUS 13: 17- 14: 21

SUNDAY AM MAY 1, 2005 LADIES AT THE BEACH

INTRODUCTION: Subject: GOOD ONES

An Old Farmer’s Advice:

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

* Life ain’t about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.

* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.

* Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

* It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.

* You cannot unsay a cruel word.

* Every path has a few puddles.

* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

* The best sermons are lived, not preached.

* Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.

* Don’t judge folks by their relatives.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.

* Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.

* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

* The easiest way to eat crow is while it’s still warm, ’cause the colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.

* It don’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

* The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.

* Always drink upstream from the herd.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

* Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.

* If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

ANOTHER WAY TO START:

McGraw Tim Song: Drugs Or Jesus Lyrics for Album: Live Like You Were Dying

In my home town For anyone who sticks around You’re either lost or you’re found There’s not much in between In my home town Everything’s still black and white It’s a long, long way from wrong to right From Sunday morning to Saturday night

Everybody just wants to get high Sit and watch a perfect world go by We’re all looking for love and meaning in our lives We follow the roads that lead us To drugs or Jesus

My whole life I’ve tried to run, I’ve tried to hide From the stained glass windows in my mind

Refusing to let God’s light shine Down on me Down on me

Everybody just wants to get high Sit and watch a perfect world go by We’re all looking for love and meaning in our lives There’s not much space between us Drugs or Jesus

Everybody wants acceptance We all just want some proof Everyone’s just looking for the truth

Everybody just wants to get high Sit and watch a perfect world go by We’re all looking for love and meaning in our lives We follow the roads that lead us To drugs or Jesus

TRANSITION THOUGHT: A couple of weeks ago we started thinking together about lessons that can be learned on the journey. I am on a journey that is moving me in different directions and so are you. Our Church is on a Journey and God is blessing us all. But why does the Lord place us on the Journey? We learned that for us even to be on the Journey, the Journey of God and of His Son Jesus Christ we must Start Right. To Start Right is to have the Blood of Jesus applied to our Lives. When Jesus is Forgiver and Guide, Savior and Lord, we are one the Right Journey, the Narrow way that leads to life. When Jesus is not our Forgiver and Guide, our Savior and Lord, we are on the Broad way that leads to destruction.

But, like the Ole Farmers advice, there are things to learn. And I believe this is the purpose of the Journey. God has lessons to teach us. Tim McGraw might say that these lessons lead to Drugs or Jesus, but these lessons will guide our lives. Where are you on the Journey?