Yesterday, we spent a good part of the day shopping in Playa Del Carmen. Unfortunately, they dropped us early and the best deals are not until later in the day. However, it is always somewhat of a rush to see how far you can get them down before they finally relent. They always start obnoxiously high. One guy was trying to get me to buy bracelets for almost $40 a piece...keep in mind that I bought similar ones in Ecuador for $1. I did my best not to laugh and kept at it. It is fun but can be a bit tiring. We had already priced certain items at our hotel and they were better so we decided to finish our shopping excursion later at our hotel where the price was set and we knew what it was. We had done a fair bit of shopping at the vendors and were ready to be done.
Sometimes it is just nice to know what you are getting. There is no gimmick and what you see is what you get. Christianity is like that. There is no catch or trick to becoming a Christian - just choosing Jesus as your Savior. It is put right there - that's it. No special haggling for getting a better life or a better placement - just a simple choice.
The verses today are oldies but goodies and there is no hidden trick behind the sticker. I wanted you to be able to read it in a heartfelt way so I took it from the Message.
John 3:16-18
16-18"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
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