SPAM (Scripture's Powerful Ageless Messages)

SPAM LIGHTING THE WAY: JUST PASSING THROUGH

Joh 17:16 MKJV
(16) They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Jesus prays to God for us in John 17. Within that prayer, Jesus says the above words. Do you have an idea of the "big picture?" God who is the Alpha and Omega, was and shall be forever, created us to praise and have fellowship with him. We broke that bond with sin and God has been pining for us to remain close to him since. God then sent his son to be the worthy sacrifice so that we all may be in fellowship with God through Jesus. One day, we will not live in a world of sin and sorrow, but will be made perfect through Jesus. This world will pass away and all things made new.....THIS WORLD WILL PASS AWAY. Ask God to prioritize your life every day, so that you don't lose sight of the big picture. We were created to have fellowship with God, sin gets in the way. Our flesh gets in the way. In our walk, let's try to bring as many to Christ as we can. If a friend was on the edge of a cliff, but could not see it, wouldn't you warn them? Well, we have been commissioned by Jesus to warn others of an eternal life without God. Tell them that someday our body will die, but our soul will live on. We are only passing through but have come to fork in the road. One leads to eternal life and the other to damnation. Are we leading any down the right path? Are we even on the path so that others might see? Praise God for His eternal self and thank Him for extending that eternal life to us through Jesus.

In Christ,

Time Keeps on Ticking

So another couple of weeks go by. I've been extremely busy and distracted lately. See, fall is my favorite time of year. My wife and I make an annual trek down to Texas A&M for a ball game. We just got back from the OU game down there. Maybe I'll get a picture or two up from that. The weekend before, I was in the Terlingua, TX area camping with family. I have a few pics of that also.

To be honest, my spiritual walk hasn't been steady lately. I struggle to pray, haven't opened a bible in a while, and certainly haven't been to church in several weeks. It's hard sometimes.

But I can rest in the Lord and have been. I keep my faith in Him and His mercy. There are somethings my mind has been wrestling lately. I struggle with the idea that God is in control of all. I don't question that He is but I don't understand His reasoning for doing what He does. Let me see if I can explain myself.

Sometimes, a person gets miraculously rescued from some life or death situation. Perhaps an agent of God foils a robbery or something similar. We all say "praise God." But why would God choose to save one particular person over others who might be in the same situation and end up dead? I know I am nothing and shouldn't question God, but I still wonder.

Someone once told me that God weaves a big picture and we only see a portion of the backside. You know the side where all the thread is going every-which-way. I guess I can accept that. But still, don't you wonder?

Some say all these increasing earthquakes and hurricanes and Mt St Helens are warnings from God. I simply see people dying. I guess death belongs to God as life does. It doesn't always make sense to me though. We praise God for being all merciful and loving and caring, but yet lay the deaths and sorrow due to nature on His hands. Sometimes unwittingly.

I don't understand. I don't think I ever will. I do have faith and I hold on to my faith like crazy. I trust God to do what's fair and just. Sometimes I think this is what Christianity is all about.

More later,

In Christ,

Cory