Everything!
That is where this World wants us to be.
Who am I with God?
Nothing!
So I am left with only Him to fill me.
In Him is life.
The Alpha and the Omega. The beginning and the end.
We are created in this life by the Love and will of our God.
We bring nothing with us, and are 100% dependent upon the love of others.
We are created in this life by the Love and will of our God.
We bring nothing with us, and are 100% dependent upon the love of others.
When we exit this life, we return to our God.
We bring nothing with us, and are 100% dependent upon our relationship with the Father.
Somewhere between the alpha and the omega, we lose our way.
No matter who we are, what we believe or what we have done, we will never exist beyond the beginning and the end. That is a guarantee established by the very meaning of those words.
Since God is the beginning and the end, He must also always exist in the middle, which is also where we spend our time on this earth.
So the journey to Him, is really about remaining with Him. As we mature in faith the distance may seem to grow, as we realize just how beautiful our lives would be with complete surrender.
Since God is the beginning and the end, He must also always exist in the middle, which is also where we spend our time on this earth.
So the journey to Him, is really about remaining with Him. As we mature in faith the distance may seem to grow, as we realize just how beautiful our lives would be with complete surrender.
HE is here right now!
The joy of that realization is beyond my ability to define! The struggle to surrender is defining life's new and only purpose.
Lord, please help us choose nothing but the love that you so mercifully desire for our way of life.
Not for everything that the world has to offer, but for the eternal life that you have already given through Christ our Lord, amen
Mike,in a similar vein to what you have writte;
ReplyDeleteHere is a quote that I enjoy reading,from "Our Daily Bread":
BETWEEN THE ETERNITIES - READ: Hebrews 11:8-16
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them. - - Hebrews 11:13
In the television western Broken rail, cowboy Prentice Ritter must provide words of comfort at the funeral of a friend. Uncomfortable in the situation, he quietly says, "We are all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house, birth till death, we travel between the eternities”.
In a sense, he was right. We are travelers-pilgrims-in a World that offers no lasting peace or rest. And while there is only one eternity, we travel between eternity past and eternity future, waiting for promises of a home and a hope that will last forever-promises yet to be fulfilled.
In those times of struggle and despair when our pilgrimage of life is difficult, it is helpful to remember that though we are, pilgrims who travel between the eternities, we have a Savior who is the Lord and Master of eternity. He has offered us the promise of life with Him forever and has secured that promise with His own sacrifice. This was the promise spoken of by the writer of Hebrews 11:13.
We are locked into the moments and hours and days of life, but we look ahead by faith in Christ. One day, we will experience the promises of eternity when faith will become sight as we see Him. That hope is what lifts us beyond life between the eternities to a joy that is eternal. -Bill Crowder
Guide me, 0 Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land,
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.---Williams
_______For time and eternity, Jesus is all we need.__________________________________________________