Nov 17, 2005

Do you know how bad I want to tell people that these blogs are not my work?  They are the work of God.  I know when I would tell people that, they would think... right you're crazy.  But some people won't open their hearts, they don't understand how God works.  I want God to use me to help others, anyway I can.  I want His will before mine.  Just like when Jesus walked this Earth a couple thousand years ago.  Do you think He wanted to go through all that torture and be crucified on that cross?!  No He didn't.  But he did it because it was God's will and His plan.  To die for every single person living back then to every single person born now and in the future.  God put His only son to die for all of our sins, and His son was completely innocent of it.  If you had a one and only son, would you want him to die for something everyone is guilty of but your son?  I doubt it, it just goes to show us how much God loves us.  We no longer have to make a living sacrifice, but to just ask for forgiveness through Jesus... how hard is that?  It is because of this that we have salvation... the possibility to spend eternity in Heaven.  It's hard to imagine what eternity is.  Maybe that's why some people don't believe Heaven and hell are real.  Because it is forever!  We can't imagine what forever is because we aren't programmed that way.  Every visible possession in this world doesn't last forever.  God's love is forever, but are you willing to accept that?

God's law is pretty simple.  Love your neighbor, and love God.  By saying that, loving your neighbor is loving everyone!  Now when I think about this, I think... well where did do not steal come from?  If you truly love God and others, would you steal....would you kill....would you do anything hurtful of that nature?  I wouldn't think so.

Sometimes our temptations are so great, we think there is no way out of it.  I used to think like that.  Let me give you an example of how I see it.  This is how God works.  God, "let's put Justin through a test...... uh oh!  He failed..... let's put him through that same test again the next day... uh oh!  He failed again!  Let's try again..... awesome!  He's asking for my help!  Let me show him a way out of this temptation..... he passed!"  All it takes is prayer... asking God to come into your life.  We are all His children, and He will always be there to help us through.  Depression, a heartbreak, smoking, whatever problem you face, there will always be hope for us.  It's like we live in a house full of demons, and Jesus is at our door knocking.  Waiting patiently to save us from eternal destruction.   *knock knock*  "Hello!  I'm here for you my child"  *knock knock*  Just open that door!  Sure Jesus, come on in... make yourself at home... stay here a while...... might as well stay forever!