JUSTICE...WHEN IT SUITS US!

If you are an Irish soccer fan you'd appreciate the humour of this graphic spotted in Monaghan at the beginning of the world cup. The Irish soccer team suffered a great injustice when a deliberate handball by Monsiuer Henry led to a deciding goal that dumped us out of the qualifications for South Africa. The whole episode makes me think of how we cry out for justice...when it suits us. But when it comes to ourselves its mercy we want and not justice. This mercy can only be provided by God because the justice was satisfied by the death of innocent Jesus for guilty you (and me). THE GOSPEL IS THAT SIMPLE...NEVER FORGET IT NOR BE DISTRACTED FROM THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS MESSAGE. Stand up for Him and He'll stand up for you. Believe it! Have a great day. Anthony

MAKE YOUR OWN GOSPEL TRACT

I sometimes pass out gospel tracts but there is one I wrote a few years ago that I give out more often than the others. Today I had a few in my top pocket and as I engaged a few people, shopkeeper, waiter etc. I reached into my pocket and told them It was something I wrote about Jesus that they would like. My friend John in Limerick hand wrote a letter which starts: "Dear Friend..." and goes on to explain the gospel and his testimony. It is very personal and powerful I believe when such a text is handed out to a person by its author. If you know Jesus personally you have a story to tell and a message to give. God will show you what to write. Once written simply photocopy it and hand out as the Lord leads you. You and the receiver will both be blessed. Our dear departed friend Reginal Fry continually typed up different gospel tracts and folded an A4 sheet twice to complete the tract. If he met you he would pull out a selection of these from one of his many pockets, the others containing little toy cars and the like for kids, and select an appropriate tract for you. Moise Rosen, the recently promoted founder of Jews for Jesus, wrote many different illustrated and witty topical gospel tracts, some of which i collected at Penn Station New York as a pre-believer in 1984. God Bless the Tract writers. Why not join them!