The Thin Line Part 3 Finale

Mike's Super Easy Sunday Message

The Thin Line Part 3 Finale

I’ve been writing for the past few weeks about The Thin Line – above it, Life, Happiness, Love & God. Below it, Death, Sadness, Hatred, Anti-God – and how we tend to gravitate and pull one another, even those we love, to go below this line. It’s all because of our ‘cursed’ sinful-nature. The things we say, do, act upon and post all reflect on what we want to show others, even our own personal selves. Does this mean we shouldn’t share these negative feelings of hatred and angst? Won’t these drag people below the Thin Line? Here’s the clinker: We are FREE (at least in the United States) to say what’s on our minds!

Americans all have ‘Freedom of Speech’. We get to say what we want, when we want and how we want. It’s part of the American Core! We are free to share Love. We are free to share Hate. That’s Man’s law here in America. We are free to say what we think of the President/Politician or to spread the latest celebrity gossip scandal. And we LOVE it! Heck, some of us LIVE for it! Of course, we are free to defend ourselves. And, yes, we are free to vent. Even to share hatred. To share things that make us so aggravated that we simply must share this aggravation with others in hopes that they too will become aggravated (escort them below the line)! (Arghh!) After all, we don’t want to feel this way by ourselves, do we? So, we share it.

Man’s Law does protect us. But is Man’s Law equal to what God has in mind? God is Love. God is also Hope, Caring, Laughter, Truth, Positivity, Joy (you get the rest). God is not (and never will be) about gossip, hatred, scandal, lies, death and the rest of those things. Yet, Man’s Law – Freedom of Speech – gives us the right to share both – and we CAN! Just be prepared for the consequences. If something upsets us, we have the power to stop it from upsetting others. If it’s upsetting information that would benefit others (we absolutely need to know), then, yes – INFORM us! Just ask the question: “Would God WANT me to share this?” Trust me, you’ll know the answer – IF you talk to God!

Exactly who are we trying to ‘impress’ when we share our hatreds? Our political and religious differences? Our different ethnic backgrounds? Where we grew up? Why do we so desperately attempt to show our ‘neighbors’ that we’re right and they aren’t? The ONLY One that we should be concerned about what we do and how we act is, God. Only God. We don’t realize it – nor even care about that right now – but, we will. And it’ll be here sooner than we think. It’ll arrive at the drop of a hat – when we least expect it – and then - IT WILL MATTER! It will matter so much that the rest of our existence (yes, there is one) will DEPEND on what we do, TODAY!

So, feel free (because we are free, according to Man’s Law) to share what’s on our minds. We may continue to uplift moods or downgrade them – the choice is ours! But, inevitably, one day, it will be God’s. Will you, personally, uplift someone today?

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The Thin Line Part 2

Mike' Super Easy Sunday Message

The Thin Line Part 2

“Na na (teasing)! I have something you don’t know! Ha ha! I have power over you, na na na na poo poo!” Let’s face it – you’ve come across this person before (maybe even yesterday). It’s that person that ‘has THE information, about someone or something, that YOU don’t know about and they’re just dying to hover it above your head! THEY have INFORMATION – a highly touted prize, especially during wartime! After all, people have been tortured for it!

Last week we touched briefly on being ‘above’ the line’ (positive, God-like, etc.) and being ‘below the line’ (negative, Anti-God, etc. Review Part 1 if you need to – it’ll help). We all have family and friends that we love dearly, don’t we? We’d give them most anything if not everything to make them ‘feel good’ – to help them rise ‘ABOVE The Thin Line’. Here’s a scenario (I speak of no one in particular but, I’m sure you can relate):

Loved one: “Ooohh, ARGHH! This guy (politician, actor, etc.) makes me SOOOO ANGRY! (Scream!) I can't believe what they said or did! I’m feeling totally BELOW The Thin Line right now! I know what I’ll do – I’m going to spread my ‘negativity’ to ALL the people I love! I want them to feel as annoyed as I do and infect them with it, too – I love them so much, I’m gonna drag them BELOW the line with me! BWAAHAHA!)”

You: “What in the world just happened?! I was minding my own happy, business on social media (or wherever) and I just read a very ‘below-the-line’ post from someone that I love. Their post was so negative, they made me take a head-long drop into the ‘abyss’. Now, I’M feeling sick and angry, too! Ooh, I’m so upset, I’m gonna share this post to keep the ‘negativity’ spreading across the country!! BWAAAHAHA!”

Are you sharing helpful information that’s informative? Are you sharing information to assist your loved ones to go ‘ABOVE The Thin Line’? Or are you sharing information in hopes that you steer your ‘loved ones’ BELOW – right towards the BOTTOM of the sea bed like a broken shipwreck?

Our duty (from God Himself) is to uplift others. Yet, like the Covid Virus, we love to keep the ‘bad stuff’ alive – infecting as many people as we can with it. What’s wrong with us? Is God ‘with us’ when we ‘spread the bad’? (Well, He’s always with us). This is the absolute nature (not God’s intent) of a human being. It actually requires a very difficult, conscience effort, to head to and remain ABOVE The Thin Line. Can you remain above it? YOU have to become the vaccine – the CURE to STOP THE SPREAD of ‘bad feelings’ etc.!

Stop supporting and stop spreading things that steer ‘loved ones’ ‘below the line’ (after all, you DO love them, no?) – those things belong ‘below the line’. You, however, don’t. Become inoculated, today, so that YOU may avoid, and eventually eradicate, the ‘sickness’.

Next week: The Thin Line Part 3 – Free to Share Love. Free to Share Hate.