Make
this
the
worst day
of your
life
BY Joseph Tkach
Have
you ever had a really bad day? Maybe youâve been fired, totaled your
car, and, just when you thought it couldnât get any worse, you were
served divorce papers in the emergency room! Whatever your worst day
was, no doubt someone had it even worse.
But wouldnât it be good if
today was the worst day of your life÷if, from now on, things will only
get better?
 A
good choice
You
may not have the choice, but millions of people do. I think for
example of a drug addict on Skid Row, eating out of dumpsters and
getting high on gasoline fumes. This person once had a job, once had
friends, once had health, but because of the drug habit, all those
good things were lost. Life has been a steady deterioration.
But one day the addict says
(this is one of the fortunate ones): ăMy life stinks, and all these
drugs that I thought were helping me, are actually messing me up. I
need to quit, and I need help, or else Iâm gonna die.ä
So the drug
addict/alcoholic admits that he is an addict, and the worst day of his
life turns into the best decision heâs made in 10 years. Although he
will still have severe withdrawal pains and emotional struggles, his
life will get better from this point forward.
Life doesnât have to bottom
out on Skid Row. Some people hit bottom at other levels÷some while
they still have jobs and families. But for each, they come to a point
where they say, ăMy life stinks, and I am the one who messed it up,
and I need help.ä Life on alcohol or drugs just gets so bad that they
are motivated enough to admit it and get help.
They say, This is the worst
day of my life÷tomorrow is going to be better because I am going to
get help today. If I donât quit drugs, tomorrow will be worse than
today, but I donât want that÷I choose this day to be the worst day of
my life.
Have you ever thought that
it could be good to have the worst day of your life? For millions, it
is. I wish even now that millions more would make the decision now
that this is the worst day of their life. Of course, just saying the
words doesnât make the future better÷it wonât work unless they admit
their need for help, and get that help.
What
about you?
If you have an addiction÷to
alcohol or pornography, for example÷you can make the decision today.
If you have a habit that enslaves you, life could get better for
you÷if you get help.
Admit that you canât do it
on your own. Seek the help of Jesus and the help of a mature
Christian, who will show you grace and mercy. I canât promise that
life will always be smooth sailing and better every day, but your life
will definitely be better in the hands of Jesus than in your own
hands. Only he can take your guilt away÷only he can make you clean.
How bad will it get before you make the right choice?
But you have to make the
decision: Is this the worst day of your life, or will you wait for it
to get worse? It could be the best decision youâve ever made.
Thatâs something worth thinking about.
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