A young soldier and his commanding officer got on a train together. The only available seats were across from an attractive young women who was traveling with her grandmother. As they engaged in pleasant conversation, the soldier and the young woman kept eyeing one another; the attraction was obviously mutual. Suddenly the train went into a tunnel and the car became pitch black.
Immediately two sounds were heard: the “smack” of a kiss, and the “whack” of a slap across the face. The grandmother thought “I can’t believe he kissed my granddaughter, but I’m glad she gave him the slap he deserved.”
The commanding officer thought, “I don’t blame the boy for kissing girl, but it’s a shame that she missed his face and hit me instead.”
The young girl thought, “I’m glad he kissed me, but I wish my grandmother hadn’t slapped him for doing it.”
And as the train broke into the sunlight, the soldier could not wipe the smile off his face. He had just seized the opportunity to kiss a pretty girl and slap his commanding officer and had gotten away with both!
Now, that young soldier knew how seize the opportunity! In the same way, we must take advantage of every opportunity that comes our way to fulfill our purpose in life.
Unfortunately, many times we get so caught up in the details of every day to day living that we just don’t have the time to seize the moment!
This coming Thursday is such a moment. Nearly 100 people will pile into 2 chartered buses and head down to Newspring Church in Anderson, SC for the one day, “Unleash” conference. This is hands down the best conference for price, length of time, convenience, content and just to plain ole ‘fire ya up!’ The question is, will you be there?
We still have 9 spots left and only 1 days left before we ‘shut’er down!’
If you can ‘make it happen,’ click here to register and then show up Thursday morning at 5:45 (bet you wish that was a misprint, huh?) to board the buses. Buses will leave promptly at 6:00 am!
This will be off the hook! I promise.
But it just won’t be the same without you!
Hope to see you there!
And hope to see the rest of you (and more!) tonight as we continue our Midweek series, “The Bait of Satan.”