Don't forget the bread

Yall, I am reading the best book I think I have EVER read before right now. I actually picked it up at our work book fair before Christmas and I am (sadly) just now finding the time to read it. It is Max Lucado's Out Live Your Life. I just finished Chapter 4 titled "Don't forget the bread". I wish I could sit here and type the entire chapter (and all chapters before) so that you guys could see how amazing the book is, but that would take forever. So I think you should just go get the book! :) Or borrow mine when I'm finsihed which probably won't be long because I can't put it down.

I do want to share a little of what was at the end of chapter 4 just because I love it so much and think you will too. So please read :)

Bread of Life? Jesus lived up to the title. But an unopened loaf does a person no good. Have you received the bread? Have you received God's forgiveness?
We cherish pardon, don't we? I was thinking about pardon a few afternoons ago on a south Texas country road with hills and curves and turn and bends. I know it well. I now know the highway patrolman who oversees it.
And he now knows me. He looked at my driver's license. "Why is your name familiar to me? Aren't you a minister here in San Antonio?"
"Yes, sir"
"On your way to a funeral?"
"No."
"An emergency?"
"No."
"You were going awfully fast."
"I know."
"Tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to give you a second chance."
I sighed. "Thank you. And thanks for giving me a sermon illustration on pardon."

God has posted his traffic signs everywhere we look. In the universe, in Scripture, even within our own hearts. Yet we persist in disregarding his directions. But God does not give us what we deserve. He has drenched his world in grace. It has no end. It knows no limits. It empowers this life and enables us to live the next. God offers second chances, like a soup kitchen offers meals to everyone who asks.
And that includes you. Make sure you receive the bread.
And once you do, pass it on. After all, if we don't, who will? Governments don't feed the soul. The secular relief house can give a bed, a meal, and valuable counsel. But we can give much more. Not just help for this life but hope for the next.

Turn back to God! Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven. THen you will be given the Holy Spirit. This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live. (Acts 2:38-39 CEV)

So along with the cups of water, plates of food, and vials of medicine, let there be a message of sins forgiven and death defeated.

Remember the bread.

Amazing right?! Sorry so long, but I really wanted to share. Great book. GREAT.