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Doesn't it feel like every few 
weeks we look at the way we've 

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been living and we make some 
promise to ourselves that we're 

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going to quit eating so bad? 
Or maybe we're going to exercise

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more? 
I know for me, candy is a 

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struggle. 
I'll make some big proclamation 

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to my family and friends that 
from now on I'm going to be 

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healthy starting tomorrow. 
Well, maybe after that wedding 

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on Friday. 
It's shocking how quickly we can

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change from determination to 
convincing ourselves that this 

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time it's OK, but next time 
it'll be different. 

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Jesus told a story about three 
men who were invited to a King's

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wedding banquet. 
All three of the men declined 

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and had excuses as to why they 
couldn't go. 

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The first man told the king that
he wanted to go see a field that

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he had just purchased. 
This sounds a little fishy. 

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I mean, who buys property 
without seeing it first? 

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The second guy said he wanted to
work with the ox he had just 

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purchased. 
I mean, this ox was not going 

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anywhere. 
This could have waited. 

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And the third man said he had 
just gotten married. 

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Not a strong excuse, but at 
least this was plausible. 

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But this is what Jesus said of 
the three men. 

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The Kingdom of heaven is like a 
king who prepared a wedding 

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banquet for his son. 
All had been invited, but they 

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refused to come. 
It's so easy to become 

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complacent and miss the 
opportunities that we are given 

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today. 
I'm thankful for a God that 

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loves us enough to continue to 
invite us to His table, even if 

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most of the time we don't have 
the good sense to take Him up on

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it. 
You've been listening to 

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everyday miracles by hope, 
mindfulness, and prayer.