Kicking Butt

I have just spent the last few hours with a couple of friends.

I also took a walk around the place and I would like to share with you what my mind told me and then what Jesus told me, the mistakes I made and the rights I did. To update people a little about my situation is that I am on my 19th day of no smoking and 10 months and 5 days of not drinking.

Did you know that an estimated 1.3 billion people are smokers worldwide

Did you also know that around 5.4 million deaths a year are caused by tobacco.

A lot of my old friends smoke and I was around a lot of that smoke and it acually started to bug me. The smell of it was feeding the crave but also giving me a headache.

Now this does not mean I am going to quit hanging around them because of the smoke.

As I walked I started to realize all the ciggerette butts on the ground and how ugly they made the beautiful earth God created!

I use to be apart of the this distruction on the earth. I could not believe how painful this acually was to me to see.

It never bothered me before why was it now?

To be truthful it almost had me in tears.

and did you know.......that ciggerette buts are the number one most littered debri in the world.......um....GROSS!!!!

Find an ashtray!!!!!!

Now as I was walking down the road a little farther this is what I saw..

Wow now that is very brave to do that out in pulic is what I thought but then I remember how I use to drink in public and not think anything of it. But as I read up on my studies this is what I found. Alcohol can cause all these

Heart Disease

Cancer

Liver Disorders

Gastrointestinal Problems

Pneumonia and Other Infections

Mental and Neurologic Disorders

Skin, Muscle, and Bone Disorders

Hormonal Effects

Smoking

Diabetes

Malnutrition and Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Drug Interactions

Um......I don't know about you but NO THANKS!

Not to mention 100,000 deaths a year can be related to drinking.

Now I am not judging anybody because God knows that I was once that person

and we all are sinner but a lot don't know Christ and are lost....those are the people we need to reach. I know God was telling me to go and talk to the two guys but I was scared and I know after they left I had not done my job as a christian.

As christians we are to reach out and sometimes I feel like nobody tries to reach out....yes we might have a dinner for the poor but yet again we are not reaching out....if we stay in one place how are we reaching? Are we just exstending our arms........I don't think that is what God was talking about. Instead lets drive our cars around and bring meals!

Now that I have Christ and I know the realness of this I am done with this bye bye!!