:: Heaven's Peace ::

"God is light: in Him there is no darkness at all." ~ 1 John 1:5

A man was on the side of the road with a large bird cage. A boy noticed that the cage was full of birds of many kinds.

"Where did you get those birds?" he asked.

"Oh, all over the place," the man replied, "I lure them with crumbs, pretend I'm their friend then when they are close, I net them and shove them into my cage."

"And what are you going to do with them now?"

The man grinned, "I'm going to pord them with sticks, and get them really mad so they fight and kill eachother. Those that survive, I will kill. None will escape."
The boy looked steadily at the man. what made him do such things? He looked into the cruel, hard eyes. The he looked at the birds, defensless, without hope.

"Can I buy those birds?" the boy asked. The man hid a smile, aware that he could be on to a good thing if he played his cards right.

"Well," he said hesitantly, "the cage is pretty expensive, and I spent a lot of time collecting these birds, I'll tell what I'll do, I'll let you have the lot, bids, cage and all for then pounds and the jacket you're wearing."

The boy paused, then pounds was all he had, and the jacket was new and very special, in fact it was his prized possession. Slowly, he took out the ten pounds and handed it over, then even more slowly he took off his jacket, gave it one last look and handed that over too. And then he opened the door and let the birds go free.

The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life's road with a very large cage. The man coming down towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every nation.

"Where did you get these people?" the man asked.

"Oh, from all over the world," Satan replied, "I lure them with drink, drugs, lust, lies, anger, hate, love of money and all manner of thigns. I pretend I am their friend, out to give them a good time, then when I've hooked them, into the cage they go."

"And what are you going to do with them now?" asked the man.

Satan grinned."I'm going to prod them, provoque them, get them to hate and destroy each other; I'll stir up racial hatred, defiance of law and order; I'll make people bored, lonely, disatisfied, confused and restless. It's easy. People will always listen to what I offer them and blame God for the outcome!".

"And then what?" the man asked.

"Those who do not destroy themselves, I will destroy. None will escape me."

The man stepped forward. "Can I buy these people?" he asked.

Satan snarled, "Yes, but it will cost you your life".

So Jesus Christ, the Son of God, paid for your release, your freedom from Satan's trap, with His own life, on the cross at Calvary. The door is open, and anyone, whom Satan has deceived and caged, can be set free.

You know the best part? The best part is, Jesus gave it willingly and didn't hesistate like the little boy.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that everyone who has faith in Him may not perish but have eternal life. It was not to judge the world that God sent His Son into the world, but that through Him the world might be saved." ~ John 3:16-17.

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