OK... This is crazy...Time that is. We were talking about it some today in DC. And I was in a real box on this one. So I asked the class for help.
The conclusion I came to is that all of time to God exists all at one time. (Hard to comprehend in our finite mind.)
Eternity=forever...
Not Eternity = Salvation
Salvation = Heaven
But we are not promised eternity either way until we chose Christ or don't chose Christ.
What I am saying is that we think that eternity of our Soul is the goal...When it is actually salvation of our soul...
Once we chose to Follow Christ or not, that is when we chose if the eternity will be with him, or in hell.
Eternal Salvation...
My point being, we do not put enough emphasis on the ETERNAL part.. That once that choice is made, when you die there is no turning back... No second chance. So with everything going on in the word, if this really is the end of time as we know it. How comforting is it to know that we still have eternity to live if we live as Christ.
Act 1: 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
The ultimate Win-Win is to chose Christ.
Here is my new perspective on time...
Stand in any spot, and think about all the stuff that has happened in that spot since the beginning of time, and all of the stuff happening in that spot now, and all the stuff to happen. Now picture it all happing at the same time in that spot. Past Present and Future all happening at the same time.
I am not saying that is 100% the answer, but put it in perspective. If God walked with Adam and Eve in the garden. Then that means he walks with us now. That the bite of the apple, was the point in time God removed his physical presence from our time, but because of time existing in all forms now, he still walks with us.
In the existence of life, we bump into him everyday... Do we ignore him, and bite the apple and separate ourselves from him, or do we take his hand and let him lead us?
P.S. Leave a comment if you know the song the title of this post came from.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
God works...
I am back...
I haven't posted in awhile, and God obviously had a reason.
I love to write. I love putting words on paper and building a story, or relaying a message. Plus I have always wanted to try writing a book, but never got over the hump of just doing it.
Well for the past 4-5 months the words in my brain dried up. I just couldn't put fingers to keyboard so to speak and get coherent thoughts out. It was frustrating.
God was pushing me. He was forcing me (and this is a whole other post for a later time) to communicate in a different way in an area of my life, that I had been neglecting.
And...
He was setting me up for were I am going now with my writing. Although far from being 100% committed to the project, God has opened doors for me to begin exploring the possibilities of writing a book.
The cool thing is, and I love God for this, he shut down my favorite way to communicate, because he knew the importance of me taking care of the other area of my life (My Marriage) first. As God has pushed me along to fix that, and things have improved, the words are flowing again, and I may get to live out one of my Dreams.
This 4-5 month trial in my life has added to the evidence of my Faith in Christ.
The evidence of how my life has changed since allowing Christ to fill my heart with his Spirit, and the lives of others proves to me there is a God.
Absolute Faith and reliance on something unseen, and seeing results can prove a lot of things to a person that has Faith.
I know it is not easy for people to understand, heck sometimes I don't understand how God can love me without condition. He just does. But as I said the evidence of Faith is the change in my life. I would not have that evidence if I did not believe in my Christ, he is the one that changed me.
I haven't posted in awhile, and God obviously had a reason.
I love to write. I love putting words on paper and building a story, or relaying a message. Plus I have always wanted to try writing a book, but never got over the hump of just doing it.
Well for the past 4-5 months the words in my brain dried up. I just couldn't put fingers to keyboard so to speak and get coherent thoughts out. It was frustrating.
God was pushing me. He was forcing me (and this is a whole other post for a later time) to communicate in a different way in an area of my life, that I had been neglecting.
And...
He was setting me up for were I am going now with my writing. Although far from being 100% committed to the project, God has opened doors for me to begin exploring the possibilities of writing a book.
The cool thing is, and I love God for this, he shut down my favorite way to communicate, because he knew the importance of me taking care of the other area of my life (My Marriage) first. As God has pushed me along to fix that, and things have improved, the words are flowing again, and I may get to live out one of my Dreams.
This 4-5 month trial in my life has added to the evidence of my Faith in Christ.
The evidence of how my life has changed since allowing Christ to fill my heart with his Spirit, and the lives of others proves to me there is a God.
Absolute Faith and reliance on something unseen, and seeing results can prove a lot of things to a person that has Faith.
I know it is not easy for people to understand, heck sometimes I don't understand how God can love me without condition. He just does. But as I said the evidence of Faith is the change in my life. I would not have that evidence if I did not believe in my Christ, he is the one that changed me.
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