WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU A CURVE
by Zach Terry
Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-30, 1 Samuel 19:1-24, 1 Samuel 20:1-42
Title: When Life Throws You A Curve
Author: Zach Terry
Text: 1 Samuel 18-20
ILLUSTRATION: James Merritt says, "Life starts out easy enough."
Things are good - your world is safe and secure. You are bathed in warm liquid, cushioned from shock. You do nothing for yourself; you are fed automatically, and a murmuring heartbeat assures you that someone larger than you meets all your needs. Your life consists of simple waiting--you're not sure what to wait for, but any change seems far away and distant. You meet no sharp objects, no pain, no threatening adventures. A fine existence it is.
Till, one day, you feel a tug, and the walls are falling in on you. Those soft cushions are now pulsing and beating against you, crushing you downwards. Your body is bent double, your limbs twisted and wrenched. You're falling upside down. For the first time in your life, you feel pain. You are in a sea of rolling matter. There is more pressure, almost too intense to bear. Your head is squeezed flat, and you are pushed harder, harder into a dark tunnel. Oh, the pain. The noise. More pressure. You hurt all over. You heard blood-curdling screams all around you. Then, a deep groan sounds, and an awful, sudden fear rushes in on you. It is happening--your world is collapsing. You're sure it's the end. Suddenly, you see a piercing, blinding light. Cold, rough hands begin to pull at you. Then, it all culminates with a painful slap.
Congratulations! You've just been born.
You went through a trial coming into this world; your mother went through a trial bringing you into this world, and your father went through a trial paying for it.
From the time you are born to the time you die, you walk in a world whose highways are littered with potholes of troubles, trials, tragedies, and tribulations - curveballs.
Someone said, "You are either in a storm, about to be in a storm, or just coming out of a storm."
There is something about life and about marriage for which you can p ...
Author: Zach Terry
Text: 1 Samuel 18-20
ILLUSTRATION: James Merritt says, "Life starts out easy enough."
Things are good - your world is safe and secure. You are bathed in warm liquid, cushioned from shock. You do nothing for yourself; you are fed automatically, and a murmuring heartbeat assures you that someone larger than you meets all your needs. Your life consists of simple waiting--you're not sure what to wait for, but any change seems far away and distant. You meet no sharp objects, no pain, no threatening adventures. A fine existence it is.
Till, one day, you feel a tug, and the walls are falling in on you. Those soft cushions are now pulsing and beating against you, crushing you downwards. Your body is bent double, your limbs twisted and wrenched. You're falling upside down. For the first time in your life, you feel pain. You are in a sea of rolling matter. There is more pressure, almost too intense to bear. Your head is squeezed flat, and you are pushed harder, harder into a dark tunnel. Oh, the pain. The noise. More pressure. You hurt all over. You heard blood-curdling screams all around you. Then, a deep groan sounds, and an awful, sudden fear rushes in on you. It is happening--your world is collapsing. You're sure it's the end. Suddenly, you see a piercing, blinding light. Cold, rough hands begin to pull at you. Then, it all culminates with a painful slap.
Congratulations! You've just been born.
You went through a trial coming into this world; your mother went through a trial bringing you into this world, and your father went through a trial paying for it.
From the time you are born to the time you die, you walk in a world whose highways are littered with potholes of troubles, trials, tragedies, and tribulations - curveballs.
Someone said, "You are either in a storm, about to be in a storm, or just coming out of a storm."
There is something about life and about marriage for which you can p ...
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