Punctuation
Marks
By Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
Are you going through a time of change in your life? How
does God want you to view this change? Consider your life like a story that God
is writing, one sentence at a time. This time of change is one of the sentences
in your story. Sentences are written with punctuation marks, and each
punctuation mark has a different meaning. If God were punctuating this time of
change in your life what punctuation mark would He use?
God would not use a period. A period would leave you with
the sense that you were at the end. This could lead you into despair and
discouragement. Your life is not over just because you are going through
change, no matter how great that change may be. God promises you hope and a
future.
God would not use a question mark. A question mark would
leave you with the sense of uncertainty. Uncertainty would be the doorway that
leads you into worry. God does not want you to worry about the change you are
going through or worry about what is ahead. God has promised to take care of
you and He has told not to be anxious about your life.
God would not use an exclamation point. An exclamation point
would leave you with a sense of high emotion. Exclamations points have been
called “screamers” or “gaspers.” These are the things that would lead you into
panic and fear. God has not given you the spirit of fear, and He has promised
to give you His peace.
Since God would not use a period, a question mark, or an
exclamation point, which form of punctuation would He use?
God would use a comma. The reason God would use a comma to
punctuate a time of change is because a comma means a brief pause. A comma lets
you know that the sentence has not come to an end. A comma says that after the
brief pause, something else will follow. God wants you to know that there is
something ahead that He has planned for you.
"Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the
things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in
the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19
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