Dear Friend,
I write to present to you today the love of God which surpasses all understanding. I don’t know whether you’ve ever heard about God or even know He exists or whether you walk with Him daily or whether something has happened for which you blame him but I would like to let you know this today that God really loves you and longs to walk with you.
Sometimes things happen that we don’t understand: like a young person dies, or there is an attack where innocent people die but whatever it is I am convinced of this fact that all things work together for good with those who love God and who are called according to his purpose.
Now, recently, I was told, and am sharing with you, that the verse didn’t say we understand but we know. Can you imagine that? It means we might not understand why things happen the way they do but we know there is an all powerful God who knows the beginning from the end who is in charge of everything. That’s amazing isn’t it?
When you look at your own body, have you ever asked yourself, why your hands are the way they are? They look so wonderfully designed; right down to your finger nails! Not to mention your hair, your face, in fact your whole body. Each part is absolutely unique. And guess what, of all the people who have ever lived or will ever live, there is none who is exactly as you are. That must take a lot of creativity but God does all that! You look at nature and you are even more amazed! Everything is absolutely wonderful and well created.
This is the God I present to you- the one who loved you and I so much that he sent his son Jesus Christ to come and pay the price for our sins so that we could come before him justified and righteous.
All he needs from us is that we believe that he exists and is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Then that he sent his son Jesus to come and die for our sins. We believe this in our hearts and we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and voila! He writes our names in his book of life and grants us his spirit so we can begin the most exciting journey of our lives- the Christian life. (It sounds so simple it seems crazy- but it’s true!)
It’s a wonderful life- full of ups and downs; valleys and hills; rivers and deserts; but through it all God works in and through us. Through all our battles God is with us: we never have to fight them alone. The amazing thing is that the whole Christian life is God’s idea because He made us for himself and our hearts are restless until they rest in him. And we can never do it on our own so he comes to us and leads us on. He only asks that we surrender to him and obey him and most importantly, trust him.
He guides us through prayer, fellowship, His word and service. May He be our guide and stay in all we do.
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