BBD 07.02.14 Search for Life? (New)

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The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.02.14

Searching
for Life?

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made
that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. - John
1:3-5 NKJV.

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in
Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has
passed from death into life. - John 5:24 NKJV.

But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. - John
5:40 NKJV.

Danielle
Davis is living a make believe life with celebrity, Bradley Cooper. Danielle is
39-years-old married with two children, and she is living her make believe
life by taking a life-size cutout of Cooper with her everywhere she goes.
Danielle takes the cutout of Cooper with her when she goes shopping, when
cooking, just about everywhere! Danielle
says, “I
picked Bradley Cooper because I went to college with him for one year and we
were in a play together, so I've watched his career from the get-go. My kids
think it’s fun but get a little impatient with it sometimes, especially if they
think I’m not doing something they want me to do. Then they’re like ‘It’s
Bradley Cooper this and Bradley Cooper that!’ My daughter is young enough to
not realize it might be embarrassing – I even took him to her school. My son
would be mortified if I did that to him!” The motive for all of this
craziness may be the promotion of a future book and her Instagram account
reportedly now has 10,000 followers. (Today.com;
MailOnline; and other news venues 07.02.14)

Let’s see, if I began carrying around a cardboard cutout of a
movie actress everywhere I went, posting photos of the two of us on my facebook
profile…what would happen? I think there would likely be an involuntary
commitment for a mental evaluation in my future! You have to wonder if the
cardboard cutout is one step short of actually stalking the actor. It does seem
a little creepy, well maybe a lot creepy! There is a movie about a man who
lives with a life size doll (not a celebrity though) and takes her everywhere
with him, although I can‘t remember the name of it.

If someone were actually trying to live an alternate life through
a cardboard cutout or life-size doll, it would be indicative of a life that
they want to have in reality. Maybe Danielle Davis really would like to be the
wife of Bradley Cooper and thinks, fantasizes continually about what that life
would be like. The man in the movie with the life-size doll, appeared to want
to have a wife and family, and instead settled for life with a doll.

What kind of life have you settled for? You may not carry around a
cardboard cutout of a movie star or a life-size doll, but are you living a life
without real meaning, without real purpose, and without experiencing real life?
Jesus came that we might have real life (John 10:10b), life
with meaning and purpose. How do we have real life? Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:33 NKJV, “But seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Jesus tells us in Luke 9:23, “If
anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow Me.” Jesus tells the woman at the well, and us, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever
drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that
I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into
everlasting life (John 4:13-14 NKJV).” If you are willing (John
5:40; John 5:24), Jesus
can give you real life.

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

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received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
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If for
some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at http://www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day”
and read the devotional there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.02.14

Searching
for Life?

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made
that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. - John
1:3-5 NKJV.

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in
Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has
passed from death into life. - John 5:24 NKJV.

But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. - John
5:40 NKJV.

Danielle
Davis is living a make believe life with celebrity, Bradley Cooper. Danielle is
39-years-old married with two children, and she is living her make believe
life by taking a life-size cutout of Cooper with her everywhere she goes.
Danielle takes the cutout of Cooper with her when she goes shopping, when
cooking, just about everywhere! Danielle
says, “I
picked Bradley Cooper because I went to college with him for one year and we
were in a play together, so I've watched his career from the get-go. My kids
think it’s fun but get a little impatient with it sometimes, especially if they
think I’m not doing something they want me to do. Then they’re like ‘It’s
Bradley Cooper this and Bradley Cooper that!’ My daughter is young enough to
not realize it might be embarrassing – I even took him to her school. My son
would be mortified if I did that to him!” The motive for all of this
craziness may be the promotion of a future book and her Instagram account
reportedly now has 10,000 followers. (Today.com;
MailOnline; and other news venues 07.02.14)

Let’s see, if I began carrying around a cardboard cutout of a
movie actress everywhere I went, posting photos of the two of us on my facebook
profile…what would happen? I think there would likely be an involuntary
commitment for a mental evaluation in my future! You have to wonder if the
cardboard cutout is one step short of actually stalking the actor. It does seem
a little creepy, well maybe a lot creepy! There is a movie about a man who
lives with a life size doll (not a celebrity though) and takes her everywhere
with him, although I can‘t remember the name of it.

If someone were actually trying to live an alternate life through
a cardboard cutout or life-size doll, it would be indicative of a life that
they want to have in reality. Maybe Danielle Davis really would like to be the
wife of Bradley Cooper and thinks, fantasizes continually about what that life
would be like. The man in the movie with the life-size doll, appeared to want
to have a wife and family, and instead settled for life with a doll.

What kind of life have you settled for? You may not carry around a
cardboard cutout of a movie star or a life-size doll, but are you living a life
without real meaning, without real purpose, and without experiencing real life?
Jesus came that we might have real life (John 10:10b), life
with meaning and purpose. How do we have real life? Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:33 NKJV, “But seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Jesus tells us in Luke 9:23, “If
anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow Me.” Jesus tells the woman at the well, and us, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever
drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that
I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into
everlasting life (John 4:13-14 NKJV).” If you are willing (John
5:40; John 5:24), Jesus
can give you real life.

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top left hand corner of all of the pages.

Prayer Warriors Wanted! Please join the
Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998. Send prayer requests and
receive prayer requests. To join send an
email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

Prayer Requests: Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush
website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests
there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

You can unsubscribe to the
burningbushdevo devotional group by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html
text group (Because of time constraints the devotional is only being sent now
in html format) by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org
and you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the confirmation email.
If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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