- Definition of "Quality": Business Dictionary.Com.
These days you hear a lot about quality assurance, quality control, and quality of life. We often hear the term, "quality is better than quantity". It is better to have something that will last and be useful than a lot of something that is useless, breakable, and perhaps has less value.
Over the last year, many of the things that I have bought do not have the quality that I expected, or do not reach the quality of this type of product purchased in the past. First, there was the washing machine that made our clothes stained, full of lint and dust, after a wash. This was, as I found out later... to be in the design. It had no filter. The way the bowl was designed and the number of holes in the bowl also had an impact on the way it washed. Then there was the lawn mower which I was told was one of the best and even a female with limited strength could pull the chord. Not so. Next, was the toaster that doesn't seem to stay regulated on the setting to produce golden toast but varies even if the dial is not moved.
These have been products from what we would deem as good and worthy brand names or companies.
Buying things that last and the quality of them, makes me think of "religions" and "cults". Don't always trust or take for granted everything they declare. Remember, choice should always be yours. Just as we get brainwashed by the media to buy certain products,or get talked into things by salesmen, don't let yourself be brainwashed by cults and religions. You do the soul searching and the research. Do they really measure up to their claims?
All religions come at a cost of your time, your soul and some even require money (and lots of it). It is important that we know what we are investing in especially when it comes to what we believe and follow.
I have quality here and now because He gives me strength for today, wisdom and a peace that surpasses all understanding. I have quality assurance because Jesus died for my sins. He died and rose again, and when I accepted Him into my life, I was (and am) guaranteed eternal life with Him. I have that assurance.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."- John 3:16.
"Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood."
- Famous classic hymn by Frances.J.Crosby 1873.
Like the products we buy, Christianity comes with an instruction manual (the Holy Bible), that if we read for ourselves and follow - will result in quality of life. Our Christian morals and values impact on society in a positive way.
Do you know that there is an irony in this? Because while we expect quality in the things we buy and in what we choose to believe ... God doesn't expect us to be perfect. He accepts us with our defects and blemishes, but unlike the "world", He doesn't discard us ... He fixes us and makes us useful.
"More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may gain Christ, and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness." - Philippians 3:8,9.
For a quality life... one that lasts... now and forever, choose Jesus!
A good site to go to, to read up on the assurance of your salvation is http://bible.org/seriespage/assurance-salvation.
Jenteelability. http://devotionalchristiancafe.blogspot.com.
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