WHICH CYCLE WILL YOU TAKE?

I was sitting here thinking about some friends of mine who always are acting La-Tee-Da in the circles we run. Keeping up with the Jones, ya know. Seems like a vicious cycle to me.

This got me to thinking so I decided to look up "vicious cycles" in my Dictionary App on my phone. I couldn't find "vicious cycle" but it did bring up "virtuous cycle." Huh. I had never heard of that. Here's what it said:

             -noun 1.a beneficial cycle of events or incidents each having a positive effect on the next.

Well I'll be...who knew? 

May 3, 2013... that was the day when, what I thought had been a vicious cycle in my life, came to an end after 10 years. Now God is teaching me that as a Christian- a follower of Jesus Christ- when you are going through what may appear to be a vicious cycle you are however, really going through a virtuous cycle!

We, brothers and sisters in Christ, ride our virtuous cycles, our "beneficial cycle of events" that each have "positive effect on the next," straight into Heaven!

Non believers? Without Jesus in your life you are predestined to ride your vicious cycle into Hell.

Please, I pray, get off your vicious cycle and jump on the virtuous cycle to Heaven to spend eternity eternally grateful that you did.

Luke 16:19-28, NIV-  (Jesus Speaking) "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'

"But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

"He answered, Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' "

You may be in charge of your destiny now, in this lifetime. But please, don't be like the rich man who found out once your life is over here and now...you definitely will not be in control of your destiny there and forever.