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Mr. and Mrs. Jones received this letter from their daughter Julie, a college freshman. Dear mom and Dad, I just thought I’d drop you a note to let you know what’s going on with me. I’ve fallen in love with a guy named Blaze. He’s a really neat guy, but he quit high school a few years ago to get married. That didn’t work out. So, he got a divorce last year. We’ve been going out for several weeks and we’re thinking about getting married in the fall. Until then, I’ve decided to move into his apartment, and I think I may be pregnant. Oh, yeah. I dropped out of school last week so that I could get a job to support plays. I’m hoping I’ll be able to finish college after we get married. Mom and Dad, I just want you to know that everything I’ve written so far in this letter is a lie. None of it is true. But Mom and Dad, it is true that I got a C in French and a D in math. And it’s also true, I need some more money. Could you please send me $100? Thanks a bunch, love Julie. She received the check in the mail from her parents two days later. See, Julie played it smart. She knew that she could make bad news seem like good news if it were seen from a particular perspective. Where do you get your perspective on life each day? From the word of God, Facebook and the movies? We need to stay close to God and to His family, the church or our perspective on life will become distorted, shaped by the values of the world. When we stray away from the truth, we end up with a badly distorted view of reality. We aren’t able to make good decisions or to know the difference between what is right and wrong. True and false. The good seems bad and the bad seems good. Our view of reality is always a matter of perspective and the only perspective worth trusting is God’s perspective. Stay close to him today. God bless you, Captain Ken Chapman.
