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Roger Bothwell
A
Guarantee We Can Count On The yearly subscription price is only ten dollars for twelve
issues. That’s good. However it gets better. There is a guarantee that states if I do
not save $1500 over the next year by following their money-saving advice,
they will refund my ten dollars. It
sounds wonderful. But wait. How can I prove that I only saved $1475? Do I have to keep receipts and compare them
to the receipts from last year that I probably did not keep? How much documentation am I going to need
to get my refund? How can I prove that
I really did do “everything” they required?
The more I think about this the more convinced I am this isn’t really
much of a guarantee? This reminds me of an ad I once read that guaranteed my child
would have a successful life if I purchased and read a book entitled, “How to
raise a successful child.” How many
decades would have to go by before we determined my child’s life was
successful? By whose standards would
success be measured? What if he
became a billionaire but was miserable?
What if he lived on welfare but was amazingly happy and carefree? However, before we over-generalize and declare guarantees
worthless we have to remember car companies do repair or replace parts on
your car as long as the warranty is valid.
There are reputable guarantees and I want to
mention the best one ever made. It
begins with I John 1:9. “If we
confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.” And of course
there is John 3:16. Our God is a God
of His word. When He makes a promise
you can count on it! I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is roger.bothwell@verizon.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past
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