Hotel Bible.

I am in Cranbrook BC to celebrate my Grandma's 80th birthday / Thanksgiving weekend. I am Canadian, so Thanksgiving is in October. Anyways, My family and I are staying in a hotel room which is so much fun! I love hotels.

I went to go use the end table drawer for some of my stuff, and I saw a Bible in the drawer. It got me thinking, why is there a Bible in the drawer? Christianity is one of the most popular religions in the world, but living in such a multi-cultural place such as Canada, I would of never thought that they still do this. I mean, its totally fine with me. I am Penecoastal Christian (you can google it if you want) and I was encouraged spiritually to reach out to those who are lost when I saw the Bible gently placed inside the drawer.

Christianity is the only religion that puts a gap between God and man, teaching that salvation is obtained through God's grace. While other religious teach that salvation is obtained through man effort. We live in a such a "do-it-yourself" world, that its hard to show people God's grace when you have be patience and wait on the Lord. Waiting on his good timing and perfect grace, however the waiting process can be long and tiring. Especially when we live a world that wants result right away, with no waiting. What happening when we teach girls to be strong, confident, independent women? What is that really teaching those young girls? In my experience, it teaches them to do everything yourself, dont rely on others to do the work that you can do by yourself. Be strong and trust in no one but yourself. However, through God's mercy and perfect timing, if we wait on Him and see what He has in store for us, we can do everything with His strength not just our own. Teaching those girls to be strong independent women is great for their self-esteem, but it teachings them to rely on themselves and to not bring concerns and problems to the Lord. Im not saying that you can teach girls be to strong, but teach them to be strong in the Lord.

In 2001 a poll was taken in Canada on who claimed to be Christian, well 77.1% of the 29+ million people claimed to be Christian. I say "claimed" because a lot of people are sunday Christians, meaning that they party friday night and worship God sunday morning. They live on the fence of the world and of God's plan for their life. When an individual lives on one side of the fence, whether it be the world or God's side, life goes by so much easier. However, living in God's divine path for your life is the most hardest but most rewarding roads you can walk down. It even says in the Bible that the road to destruction is smooth and wide but the road to salvation is rough and narrow. God will challenge you and keep pushing you past your comfort zone. Making you encounter different experiences even if you think you arent ready for them which brings me back to my first point, trust in God with everything you do and His strength will be added to you.

Bottom line, I am very happy to see a Bible in the drawer of my hotel room. It gives me hope that God is still reaching those that are lost in the world. Even if that one person was to read a verse, that one portion of scripture could change their lives forever. Thank you God!