Some people appear to be simply stringing it together, life that is, as they go alone. They have no plan or course set. Instead, they merely amble through their days. God promises that a man plans his way, but God directs his path (Proverbs 16:9). The Bible declares that there is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is death (Proverbs 14:21).
Some people seem to take great joy in stringing others along, like collecting fish on the end of a line, they collect mates, kids, and possessions with little thought to the effect that they have on these persons. They merely focus on meeting their needs in the present moment.
You have heard the expression, stringing people on; it means to cheat, lie, and feed people false hope. Thank goodness God never does that to us. He doe not see us as a list of possessions that proves His value and worth. He doesn't make promises which He has no intention of ever keeping. No, He pulls us tight and draws us with the strings of love kindness: "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love!" (Hosea 11:4.). He declares,"The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness" (Jeremiah 31:3).
Instead God considers us pearls, a treasured possession, which He places lovingly around His neck to display His glorious splendor to the world: "For you are a people holy onto the Lord our God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the nations" Deut.7:6). We are his treasured possession" (Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:12; 26:18; Psalm 135:3; Malachi 3:7).
Some people seem to have a string of hits in their live versus the one-hit wonder. No matter, in the end, what counts is to whom you have attached the end of your rope.
Held by Ties of Love,
MJ
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