Greetings!!
Okay, before I begin, I have a question for you all... How are you doing? I'm sincerely asking you all this question, and if you want to message me a response, or comment below, or whatever you want, please feel free to do this! I was just thinking about it today... I don't ask enough people this basic, but important question. It feels like the generic response to this question is, "I'm fine" or "I'm good" because of how often we half-heartedly get asked this question. I'm going to try to ask more people this question, and really listen to the answer. How can I claim to care about people when there are times where I don't even bother to listen to their troubles, concerns, and blessings?
Anyways, that was something on my mind today, but I also wanted to talk about a verse I stumbled upon today. This verse means a lot to me; it guides me through a specific struggle I have. Matthew 10:22 says, "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." The reason why this verse is so important to me, is because of how much I struggle with standing firm in my faith. Everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by people who do not believe. Many of my friends are non-believers, and even though I love them dearly, it can be hard for me at times. I want to speak about God's incredible love to them, but I'm so scared of being rejected. I'm scared they will hate me; I'm scared they will push me out of their lives. But, like this verse says, to be saved, we must stand firm until the end. We can't back down and tell nobody about God. We have to tell the world of his love. We need to travel to foreign nations and spread the word of his amazing grace! If I never take the risk and talk about it with people, how foolish could I be? It seems selfish of me to be keeping the wonders of his love to myself.
He loves us in such an amazing way. I don't think we can even understand how incredible his love is! The love he has for us is so deep. It's nothing like the materialistic love we have for our gadgets and worldly possessions. His love for us is even deeper than the love we have for our family and friends. His love for us is something I can't even describe in words; no matter how hard I try. I'm sitting at my desk right now... Just trying to think of a way to describe his amazing love. But no words are coming to my mind. His love is so amazing, that our worldly words cannot even describe it. Isn't that incredible? Aren't we so fortunate to have such a loving God? Even through times of trouble, I feel at peace because I know He loves me.
That's what has been on my mind on this lovely Friday. I hope you are all doing well, and please don't forget to message me! Don't forget how much God loves you. :)
Here's the song I listened to while writing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCunuL58odQ&ob=av3n
- kjoosaurus out!
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