Tue, Aug 17th - 9:50AM
Greetings in the love of Christ:
It is a simple thing to share thoughts with you about my love for God, and yet very difficult to say anything that is of any great worth to you for the times in your life that drag you under, or that beat you down. I know that there are many who come here from time to time just to read thoughts from others that provoke them on toward better things in their day. For those of us who write down these thoughts and then share it becomes a very lonely and empty place to be when we never hear anything in return. It is very much like speaking into the wind...you can never tell if in some distant place your voice has ever carried any message of help or aid to those who are your target. I guess in truth for those who write and read blogs it becomes a private; personal, yet very public way of communication that can never really be understood.
It is never difficult to know where I am going with my writings. Everything I do is geared toward leading anyone else to an understanding of God in their life. It is that goal that has been my personal mission for many years now. I want for each of you to know that just like you I have had my doubts about my faith too, but in the end there is only one place that I can choose that gives me any hope for a future, and a life beyond this one that I would care to exist in for eternity, and that is with the promises made to me by a loving and caring God. In truth if I looked anywhere else there is always a broken promise, or even a flaw in the existence of what is offered that does not appeal to me. You see for me I need a fulfilling life to look forward to...I need to know that what I do have will not be stolen away or rust away. I need to feel as though I will be healthy enough to enjoy living out that life as the person I am. I need to know that I can put my faith into something that will be sure and true. The Idea of seventy virgins, and a maybe or maybe not future depending on my state at death is not good enough for me. I don't want to morph into a bug, or a cow when I wake up, God knows life has been hard enough as it is! I don't know what it is like to be spirit alone and yet that can appeal to me if I can keep me somehow. I can close my eyes and think of what a kind of heaven would be for me, and yet no one offers me any kind of choice about fulfillment of my life and achievement of my love like Jesus Christ does.
When I look around me in this world all I see is choice and concepts of peoples minds. Quiet frankly some of them really suck! I need something that I can believe in that fulfills me...how about you? If you are looking for some way to find an up lift for the day just close your eyes and think about those promises that God has made to you through Jesus Christ. Think for a moment what it might be like to have all and more that your wildest dreams could come up with, and then realize that no one else even offers you that image except for Christ. Some times as a I drive along and see different things like woods or mountains or skies, trees or anything that I love, I feel good about just asking God if He would include that in my heaven. By the time I get where I am going I already feel rich and fulfilled. Try it the next time you are feeling low...and don't forget to thank Him for all of it. May you richly bless God through your life in Him;
The Unworthy Servant
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Mon, Aug 2nd - 5:32PM
Sharing Thoughts
Greetings in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ:
I want to give you always a message of encouragement and blessing. I want to always be able to point you in a direction that will help you to understand and be drawn closer to God who I know first hand can heal your lives and lift your heart from the pits of despair that you may often find yourself living in ...the problem is that I can not always do that. The reason is very simple for in the same way that you will not allow God to change you into a new creature that is poised to fill your life with these blessings; it is also true that you are unwilling to take the words that I give you to heart. Is that your fault? In truth yes it is because we all have a choice to make each day we rise to meet the day.
Now you may have expected me to say to you that it was not your fault, but that the blame could be placed elsewhere; like on Satan or some demon oppression and yet that isn't really true is it? For me or anyone who is called by God to give you a message it is much like the ways we treat scripture itself; it is a useless effort unless you have an open heart and spiritual ears to hear it. You may have noticed that lately we have all been desiring to hear things that make us feel better about ourselves rather than to hear things that motivate us toward change. That is because we are in an age when Satan is hardest at work to deceive us into thinking that everything is alright even though the world around us is falling apart. The enemy of God does not want for any of us to get shaken out of our complacency because it might mean that there would be a very God and very Spiritual resistance to what is truthfully happening around us. The question is do you see that around you in life today? Are we getting so used to the lies that are being told by our government that we are ready to accept lies from them rather than truth? Are we getting to the point where we want some kind of comfort so badly that we willingly accept any kind of watered down message that does not challenge us?
I don't know about you but I am seeing more and more the need to step up to the batters plate on many issues that I would just as soon leave alone because I don't want to have to take any more time out of my schedule to deal with fixing something that someone else has broken. The facts on all of this still remain clear to me in that when we signed on to become followers...in fact disciples of Christ we also gave away the right to sit back and take a comfortable ride in life. We have been told in very certain terms that if we take that journey we will suffer the same fate as did Christ Jesus. Hate accusations and deceit are a part of what we are suppose to get in return for giving truth , love and sacrifice. I am sure as well that God would love to give us a message of love and comfort all of the time, and yet He is too good of a Father for that kind of attitude. How about you as His child? What are you willing to settle for in exchange for your life? May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
The Unworthy Servant
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