{"id":2485,"date":"2019-01-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2019-01-25T21:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T02:29:39","slug":"the-right-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/the-right-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/fejrx-a50cca?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/fejrx-a50cca?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>A Scottish woman was making her way through the countryside.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Each time she came to a crossroads she would toss a stick into the air. Whichever way the stick came down was the direction she went. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>At one intersection, however, an old man saw her toss her stick into the air not once, not twice, but <u>three times<\/u> before resuming her journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The old man was curious. <em>&#8220;Why are you throwing your stick like that?&#8221;<\/em> he asked.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">She squinted and replied, <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m letting God direct my journey by using this stick.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>&#8220;Then why did you throw it 3 times?&#8221;<\/em> asked the curious old man.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>&#8220;Because,&#8221; <\/strong>s<\/em>he said, <strong><em>&#8220;<u>the first two times God was pointing me in the wrong direction<\/u>.<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><u>You and I have tried tossing that stick 3 times as well<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>Jesus said, &#8220;Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, <u>but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock<\/u><\/em> . . .&#8221;(Matt 7:24-25).  A God Flash<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em><strong><u>Jesus never promised to eliminate all the chaos from our lives<\/u>.           <br \/><u><br \/><\/u><\/strong><strong><u>Jesus said he\u2019d bring meaning to our lives<\/u>.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A Scottish woman was making her way through the countryside. Each time she came to a crossroads she would toss a stick into the air. Whichever way the stick came down was the direction she went. 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