Who cares?

I know that when something bad happens to good people I often wonder as Job did...why do bad thing happen to good people? Why did my friend die in a tragic car accident or does God even care that all these people in Japan are affected in a drastic way by this earthquake? OR why did my best friend's aunt have to get cancer while she is at school? All of these questions come back to does God really care if we are hurting or even what he is putting us through.  Well there is only one way to answer this question...and for me it has proved decisive: JESUS IS THE ANSWER. In Jesus, God gave us a face. If you wonder how God feels about the suffering on this planet, look at that face. By no means did Jesus solve the problem of pain-he healed onl a few in one small corner of the world-but he did signify an answer to the question...Does God care?

Need a Friend

So as I was going about my week i realized the importance of having people to back you up even when you feel like your whole world is crashing down.  BUt when i started to think about that i realized something...GOD IS THAT FRIEND.  I think all too often i fail to remember that God is just as much real and just as easy to talk to as all of the people that i hang out with on a regular basis! God is never changing is always there and never has anything more important to do.  That is the beauty of the Lord! He always has our best interest in mind and He is the number one counselor...I know that in hard times or when you just feel like letting it all out God is the one to go to.  It is important to let others help you but God is the one who dries up all our tears and i know that he as dried plenty of mine and put people in my life that have been there no matter what!! God knows what he is doing so next time you need a friend...LEAN ON HIM!!

OUT of MY hands!

So this week i was really encouraged by someone who told me that contentment was more than just saying i have no control of what is going on...it was saying that i am going to be happy that i have no control!! Then i listened to the Matthew West song "Out of my hands." the chorus of this song is ..."it's out of my hands. It's out of my reach. it's over my head. It's out of my league. There are too many things that i don't understand. So it's into your will...and it's out of my hands." The song continues talking about us being helpless and God having to heal us. Anyway listen to it but i was a suddle reminder that I am not the one that should be trying to have control.  I have no power or even the slightest authority to try to drive the car of my life...I realized after this that it is by Grace i have been saved not of my self...so that NO MAN CAN BOAST. I was saved by God and he is the one that should be molding my life not me trying to control myself and others! So if you ever feel like you are trying to take control of your life...remember IT'S OUT OF YOUR HANDS AND INTO GOD'S!!!

Matthew 6:19-21

Well I can't find where I'm supposed to be one of the editors, but I'm finally committing to it. Anyway, I was reading Matthew 6:19-21. It's about Treasures in Heaven. But before you think you know what I'm gonna say here me out. Most preachers have emphasized the "where moth and rust destroy". Therefore, emphasizing that this earth is temporary, so don't store treasures here. However, the sentence really flows like this if you follow the commas along. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on heart but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The bit about moths and rusts is just helping clarify where each place is, grammatically speaking. All that said, Can we have a little treasure on earth? Or does that mean that a little of our heart is here as well? I've got money... Is my heart naturally with that? I've got nice decorations...Are my heart with those? I've got a computer...Is my heart with that? How much heart do I have? Who am I kidding? This doesn't matter, we don't take the Scriptures seriously anyway...

Romans 11:11-16

Paul here presents a rather complicated argument. Rather than going into the details, I am going to sum it up, and offer some encouraging words. The Jews rejected God- In "Jealousy" (righteous envy) God sent Christ to free all people- Now the Israelites and the Gentiles (US) can only be saved by grace. And that salvation, that heaven, will be so much more incredible than the riches of this world that were brought about, (salvation). Yes I just stated, that HEAVEN>Salvation, there is more to Heaven than being Saved. A thought that we need to be more real with at times. It is about worshiping God. It is about as Paul continues, being HOLY as the ROOT is holy. It's about being ROOTED in HIM. It's not about abusing Grace, it's not about "going to heaven" and it's definitely not about "not going to hell" it's about God! "THY KINGDOM COME ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN" AMEN (let it be so)