YOU CAN COUNT ON IT!

When my dad said something, "you could count on it".  When a friend and I got into some pretty bad trouble his grandfather sat with him and counseled him; my dad laid into me with a "willow switch"! I asked  why he did not "counsel" me like my friend's  grandfather instead of the "willow" switch?  He asked, "did you know it  was wrong when you were doing it"?  I answer, Yes.  He said, "then there was nothing to talk about"!  I learned that "good or bad", I knew what  my dad said, would come true.  I had a lot of different emotions toward my dad, but  I knew I could trust what he said.  Psalm 145:13, "...the LORD is faithful in all HIS words..."   I was asked recently, "Why doesn't GOD keep all HIS promises?  HE does, to those that love HIM; HE forgives, loves, gives mercy and gives eternal life with HIM.  To  HIS enemies HE gives eternal life but in a different place; Hebrews 10:27, "...a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries." What ever GOD says, YOU CAN  COUNT ON IT!