AllState

Just when you thought that you were not going to make it, a mighty hand reached down and pick you up.  Just when you thought that you were not good enough you realized that no matter what your credit score says, no matter what the neighbors have said, no matter what family members have said, God saw the best in you at a time when everyone else was looking for the worst in you.  I want you to smile when it seems like you are alone. When it seems like you are staring down your fears and there is no one else there.  I want you to know that in your times of trouble God is standing over your back making your enemies look past you, and see the greatness that is behind you.  Smile, Dear Reader, the best has yet to come.

Good day to you all!  Know that you are not on this journey alone.  I am going through just as many storms.  However, I will tell you that the size of the umbrella doesn’t matter if you don’t open it.  Your faith will see you through the storm.

The people who make commercials have no idea how spiritually sound they can be sometimes.  I watch some commercials and laugh, but then there are times when the advertising that I am watching actually sparks a serious thought.  As I watched an AllState Insurance commercial I heard the spokesperson say in a booming voice, ”Accident Forgiveness, dollar for dollar no one protects you like AllState.”  I remember growing up watching this same insurance company advertise that they were “the good hands people”, and they were very comforting when they would say, “You’re in Good Hands with All State”.  What a feeling it must be to know that when it comes to your well being there is someone who is looking out for you.  I say again, in this unpredictable world it must a wonderful feeling to know that there is a predictably reliable force that you can’t see, but when you need them and you call on them, they respond by saying, “Don’t worry about a thing, you are in good hands.”

Dear Reader, I want to let you know that when you put your faith in God you don’t get an insurance policy, but you get assurance from His word.  He said that He will never leave you and He is faithful to you even when at times you are not faithful to Him.  God’s word gives you the assurance that insurance can’t.  Unlike the insurance company God won’t drop you if you have to many accidents, and file too many claims.  God is the inventor of accident forgiveness.  I can’t tell you how many fender benders I have had in my life that God has brought me back from just as good as new.  I will tell you first hand that prayer for prayer no one protects you like God almighty.  No matter what you are going through when you call on Jesus, the name above all names, He will assure you that you are in good hands.  And God’s assurance will cover your life, your health, your car, your home, your boat.  God is saying to you in the midst of your storm, ‘Don’t worry about a thing, you are in good hands.” Your premium has already been paid at Calvary.  I know that it may be rough, but I want to encourage you to seek out the blood of the Lamb.  Jesus is with you Dear Reader, and you are in good hands.

You are beautiful, loved, and blessed

John Reed