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Parting Words From The WORD…

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By Vonda Skelton | April 20, 2012

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Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a fan of The Biggest Loser. It’s the only show I anticipate each week and record. I love to watch the contestants as they realize their own power over the struggles, not only in the area of food, but in life itself.

One thing that draws me in is the backwards concept of the game and its title. Instead of working for more, more, more, they’re working for less, less, less. Why? Because the more they lose, the more they gain.

Kinda like God’s upside-down economy.

The world tells us to grab for all the gusto we can get. To step on others in order to get ahead. To use and abuse relationships and then toss them away.

But God says:

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. Mark 8:35

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Matthew 19:30

“But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” Luke 6:27-28

The words don’t make sense in this me-first culture, do they? But in God’s economy, the truth is simple:

The biggest losers win. And they win big.

I pray God’s blessing on the work of your hands and your hearts,

Vonda

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