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Free
for the Taking
"Let's
get a milkshake?" Jaime said to her friend, Janice, when she
noticed an ice cream shop just ahead. They were enjoying a
Saturday of shopping, and an ice cream break sounded like it
would complete the perfect day in the mall.
There was a long line, and the girls started browsing the menu and discussing
what they would order.
"I think I'll get a chocolate malt," Jaime said.
"I'm going to get an oreo milkshake," smiled Janice.
The line was moving slowly, and Jaime changed her mind a couple of times
while she waited.
"Anyone want to try a triple chocolate shake for free?"
a voice suddenly shouted. It was coming from the man behind the
counter. "Nobody?" he questioned. He
explained that he had made the wrong flavor and that someone was
welcomed to take it.
Jaime waited a few more seconds, and no one came forward. She
finally said, "I'll take it!" The man handed her the
tall cup piled up with whipped cream, "There you go, one free
triple chocolate shake! Enjoy!"
Janice smiled, "Lucky girl!"
"You know, Janice, this kind of makes me think of something totally
different from ice cream. Jesus Christ paid the price for our
sins, and offers a free gift to anyone and everyone who wants to accept
it. But just like these people did not take the free milkshake,
many people do not accept the free gift of salvation because of pride or
other reasons."
"That's true, Jaime. Proverbs 16:18 says, 'Pride goeth before
destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.' And Romans 6:23 says,
'For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.' All you had to do was take it.
I am sure the others now wish they had taken it."
"That's right," nodded Jaime. "Including me,"
teased Janice.
Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior? If not, what is
stopping you? John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life." Jesus is
waiting, and would love to be your Savior today!
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