You say it's your birthday?
I cannot believe it has actually been over one full year since I posted my first blog.It was actually in August of last year when I got this insane idea to use the free blog sight that came with our website purchase. I never had any intentions to try and write a blog because I knew my limited writing skills and abilities. However, I took a step of faith and the rest is history, a year of history in fact. I would like to take this moment to thank all of you who take your busy time to read the articles I have posted and share them with others.
As I was thinking about the last year, I was amazed at how fast time seems flying by and before I know it, I will be sitting here next year, wondering where the second year seemed to have gone?
Take a moment to think about that for a moment, what will you be doing or where will you be next year? What about in five years, or ten years? What about in twenty five years?
In November,, my wife and I will be celebrating our thirty first year of our marriage together and that seems like yesterday.
(If I look at our marriage photographs, I found out that I actually had hair back then but my wife is just as beautiful today as the day I met her!. When I looked at those marriage photographs I realized I was not a bad looking guy then but when I look in the mirror today I wonder what happened or who ran over me!)
However, the great question each of us must come too is very straightforward, where will you be and what will you be doing when you take your last breath?
You might respond, "No one knows where we will be or where we will go" Maybe that is your conclusion but the fact is we won't be here and it we should all be very concerned where we will be!
What if we can know but we have not taken the time to find out? Over the years I have found that most people I have spoken with just shrug their shoulders if you ask them where they are going after they die. However, some will say heaven but if you ask them why they believe they will go there, they don' really know why they should be in heaven, it just seems like a good place to be.
After all aren't we basically good people?
Here is what we must all understand, God is Holy, without sin and perfectly righteous but God gives us the freedom to make our own choices. However, many of the choices we have made have caused us to sin against God and others, even though we all believe we try to do the right thing.
God loves those He has created but hates the sin that all people have engaged in, it is because God is perfectly righteous and holy, He cannot just overlook our sins, they must be paid for.
(None of us like a wrong being done against us, and not have any justice carried out to correct the wrong that we have experienced)
It is because God is perfect, righteous and holy, He must judge our sin, He cannot just overlook it but God loves those who He has created so much, it is not His intention to carry out the judgment He knows He must bring against those who have sinned against Him or others.
He provided a way for mankind to find the forgiveness for their sins and be able to stand in right relationship with Him, even though they have sinned against Him.
Jesus who is God came to earth to dwell as a man, to live to face the same problems, trials and temptations everyone of us face in life, but He did this without ever sinning. However, for living a perfectly, holy and righteous life, He was nailed to a wooden cross and died a sinners death.
(Death upon the cross was like our capital punishment today)
If we are willing to trust that Jesus died for our sins, He is willing to cover us in His righteousness that we might stand before Almighty God, perfect, holy and righteous, but it will not be the righteous things we think we have done, but by His righteous perfect and holy life.
Jesus loves you, He was willing to die for you and He desires to have a relationship with you
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to write or contact me or take time to read some of my other blogs.
May the Lord richly bless your week
Rick
As I was thinking about the last year, I was amazed at how fast time seems flying by and before I know it, I will be sitting here next year, wondering where the second year seemed to have gone?
Take a moment to think about that for a moment, what will you be doing or where will you be next year? What about in five years, or ten years? What about in twenty five years?
In November,, my wife and I will be celebrating our thirty first year of our marriage together and that seems like yesterday.
(If I look at our marriage photographs, I found out that I actually had hair back then but my wife is just as beautiful today as the day I met her!. When I looked at those marriage photographs I realized I was not a bad looking guy then but when I look in the mirror today I wonder what happened or who ran over me!)
However, the great question each of us must come too is very straightforward, where will you be and what will you be doing when you take your last breath?
You might respond, "No one knows where we will be or where we will go" Maybe that is your conclusion but the fact is we won't be here and it we should all be very concerned where we will be!
What if we can know but we have not taken the time to find out? Over the years I have found that most people I have spoken with just shrug their shoulders if you ask them where they are going after they die. However, some will say heaven but if you ask them why they believe they will go there, they don' really know why they should be in heaven, it just seems like a good place to be.
After all aren't we basically good people?
Here is what we must all understand, God is Holy, without sin and perfectly righteous but God gives us the freedom to make our own choices. However, many of the choices we have made have caused us to sin against God and others, even though we all believe we try to do the right thing.
God loves those He has created but hates the sin that all people have engaged in, it is because God is perfectly righteous and holy, He cannot just overlook our sins, they must be paid for.
(None of us like a wrong being done against us, and not have any justice carried out to correct the wrong that we have experienced)
It is because God is perfect, righteous and holy, He must judge our sin, He cannot just overlook it but God loves those who He has created so much, it is not His intention to carry out the judgment He knows He must bring against those who have sinned against Him or others.
He provided a way for mankind to find the forgiveness for their sins and be able to stand in right relationship with Him, even though they have sinned against Him.
Jesus who is God came to earth to dwell as a man, to live to face the same problems, trials and temptations everyone of us face in life, but He did this without ever sinning. However, for living a perfectly, holy and righteous life, He was nailed to a wooden cross and died a sinners death.
(Death upon the cross was like our capital punishment today)
If we are willing to trust that Jesus died for our sins, He is willing to cover us in His righteousness that we might stand before Almighty God, perfect, holy and righteous, but it will not be the righteous things we think we have done, but by His righteous perfect and holy life.
Jesus loves you, He was willing to die for you and He desires to have a relationship with you
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to write or contact me or take time to read some of my other blogs.
May the Lord richly bless your week
Rick
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