First, let me say that I know that life is NOT a bed of roses. It has never been one for me and I doubt it ever will... so long as I live on earth. However, I do know that there are moments of sweet serenity that I spend with God and these short moments get me through my stressful days. Life is often like a roller coaster that never ends. There are high points of joy and excitement, rises of anxiety, falls of fear, and low points of sorrow or disappointment. One can really enjoy life or one can really hate it. Whether or not you enjoy life is up to you.
Some people enjoy life but never look to the true life or the eternal life. I believe in watching what I do on earth that I might join my Father and my Savior in Heaven for eternity. I have had to sacrifice of myself (such as my time, energy, or sinful interests) to be sure of this future unity and I will sacrifice more for him in the years to come. Jesus spoke in Matthew 19:29 about this sacrifice.
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."
This doesn't mean that the only way to heaven is by leaving your family and children, but it gives an example. To follow God is to lay down your earthen life and all the things you wanted to do to take up the cross of Christ and follow in His plan for your life. At first it sounds like a bummer, but if you stick to his plan you will find that it is much greater than your wildest scheme!
I will talk about Love in my next post and you can make a guess about the subject of the post to follow that one!
1 comment:
Your blogs are very interesting and spiritually moving. A lot of it spoke to me, I even almost cried once hah :P
The way you word everything makes it entertaining and very easy to understand.
Keep it up! I can't wait to read what you write next!
-Simply me.
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