For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
\n1 Corinthians 13:12<\/p>\n
Another new year! \u00a0Time to reflect back on the past and look forward to the future.<\/p>\n
Reflections of the past bring both joy and sadness. \u00a0Joy in accomplishments and sadness in missed opportunities. \u00a0Could I have done things better? \u00a0Could I have followed God with more passion and desire? \u00a0Could I \u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind\u2019; and, \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 (Luke 10:27)? \u00a0It saddens me to say YES, I could have done better.<\/p>\n
But there is great Joy in the Grace of God. \u00a0He died not because we are perfect and do everything right, but precisely because we are not! \u00a0It took me a long time to realize this, that he died not because I deserved it but exactly because I did not and could never be that good. \u00a0This is why he died. GRACE! \u00a0It brings tears to my eyes when I think about the day this idea finally settled into my brain and His Grace saved me!<\/p>\n
There are some who think God gives up on you after a certain point, this is not true! \u00a0He will peruse you until the very last possible moment, He loves you and wants to spend eternity with you! \u00a0He gives us the choice though, we can choose to accept Him or reject Him. \u00a0We can not however blame him if we choose to reject him, the blame rest on us. \u00a0He will do all he can to convince us he loves us but if someone rejects this idea then He will allow them to do so.<\/p>\n
It is a sad truth that many will reject him and spend eternity without him. \u00a0They will curse him and accuse him of being unfair when in reality it is our choice, one He has given to us. \u00a0So as the new year dawns and we reflect on the past the question is: Is Jesus your Lord and Savior? \u00a0If not why not? \u00a0He stands at the door knocking, just waiting for you to answer and let him in. \u00a0The choice is yours, what will you do.<\/p>\n
If Jesus is your savior what will you do this year to show others He is Lord of your life?<\/p>\n
Reflections, past, present, and FUTURE. \u00a0What will you do?<\/p>\n
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