| What God is doing now! |
| Believe it or not, God is always good and always taking care of me and of all His children, whether they realize it or not! It has almost been two years since dad passed away and so much has happened between then and now. God has been faithful to me because I have been faithful to Him. Actually He is always faithful to us but it's we that need to make the choice to accept Him and His grace on us. I realize that Jesus Christ was born on this earth to die. To die for everyone that ever lived and everyone that would live after Him. God knew that people were sinful, and He knew that in order for us to spend eternity in Heaven with Him, He would need a way to wipe us free from our sins. Everyone is a sinner. "...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." -Romans 3:23 It's hard for me to realize and admit it when I'm wrong, which is a lot, but I know that God has, and always will love me. And He loves you too. I don't care who it is reading this... God loves YOU and He sent His only son Jesus to die on the cross for YOU. Even if you already know all that I have written here, it never hurts to be reminded of how much God loves you and to remember what He did for all of us by Jesus. God is also a righteous judge. It's easy for many people to always just think of God as the loving Father that He is, but forget that He also judges those who do wrong. He wants more than anything for us to love Him and follow Him but He will never force us to. He didn't make us to be His little robots. I don't mean to veer off track in regards to losing my Father but all of this is completely relevent to how God carried me through that rough time in my life. He reaches out His hand to us every day, regardless of whether we are having the best day of our life or the worst. He reaches out His loving, righteous, honest, pure and holy hand... and all we have to do is reach out to Him and say "Yes Lord! I accept you, and I want you with me now and always because I know that I can do so much more with you, than without you!" "O Lord, You alone are my hope." -Psalm 71:5 God, things didn't make any sense at all when I lost my father, and I may still not realize why he had to die so young but Lord, you gave us your promises in the Bible, and we can be sure that you can be trusted. "Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And because God raised Christ from the dead and gave Him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in God." -1 Peter 1:21 And you have plans for good things in my life and in all our lives. "'I know the plans I have for you' says the Lord. 'They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope." -Jeremiah 29:11 Those of you who aren't familiar with my family may be wondering how my mother has been through all of this. I won't lie and say she has been just fine through everything. She hasn't. Yes, she is a godly woman, but that doesn't mean she is superhuman. We have gone through many hard times and she struggled for a long while trying to adjust to being alone and trying to not turn her back on God. But she remained faithful even through the hardest times... and God was there every step of the way. The wonderful part about that side of the story is that my mother did, in fact, meet someone. A person to love her and someone that she can love again. Yes, Lord, yes! There is hope! There is a future! The world doesn't stop moving and changing - even if it seems like your world has stopped or come to an end. The one thing that NEVER changes though is God. He is the one thing, the one person that you can always rely on and trust in. I just want you who are reading this, to take this one last thing with you... if you don't remember anything else I have said remember this: To always remember the One who will always be there for you and will always love you UNCONDITIONALLY, no matter what happens to you, or what you do, or how bad things may seem... He is still there... waiting... reaching out His hand... and all you have to do is reach up... and take it. May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Michael |
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