A simple life, is that possible? In the midst of 12,000 projects, papers and every other as sundry I believe that life is going on somewhere. If life were going on here then I think that I am missing it. Is life to be lived in the pockets of time between project and paper or is life to be lived in the project and paper? God grants us in humanity but one life. One life alone before each man and woman stands in the presence of God. The life that is most fulfilled will be the life that is lived with God and for God. I read stories of men and women who would live on less than a handful of hours of sleep since they so needed the Word of God. How is it that I can almost go a day without His word and my life is still manageable? Is my hope not in Him as it should be? God is good and full of loving kindness. Of course I know this that is why Jesus came. He did not come to found some movement or save the planet from deforestation. Jesus did not come to make people better. How can one know this? Not because I studies books about Jesus here or there or I met a guy on a street somewhere who told me but because Jesus talks about his own purpose Himself.
Nowadays everyone talks about truth but no one sees to know where to find it. Everyone proclaims they know God and everyone has an opinion as to who He is but how can we know for sure? Jesus came to testify to who God is because He was and is God. It does seem a little strange that God became a person. Honestly, I have been a Christian for a long time and it still doesn’t make sense to me that God kicked on a pair of sandals and walked planet earth but I know it is true. So in a day and age where people you meet everywhere all believe in a higher power but everyone’s idea seems to be different, how do you disguish all the touchy feelie crap from reality? If truth is to be truth then it has to find a resting place right? Everyone claims their own truth which is sounds great and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy but what about reality?
Reality is that God is real. Every time someone tries to take Him out of the lives of people, they rebel. Check out communism. It sounds all warm and fuzzy that everyone would work for the betterment of the other person but I can look at myself and understand this won’t work. I get frustrated when my roommate leaves his dishes in the sink and doesn’t clean them as fast as he should (or should in my mind). Man isn’t good. I kinda wish he were… then we probably wouldn’t need stuff like prisons and stuff. Man isn’t good because he is fighting against God. God desires a relationship with men but we are so stuck on ourselves that we think we can find our own way out of anything. I am so stubborn I know this is true. So many times in my life I have tried to find answers away from God and every time I run into walls upon walls of problems finding that God loves me and is drawing me to Himself. The Bible says that it is the kindness of god that leads men to repentance. Sometimes that seems nuts to me because I would think that the power of God such as the flooding of the earth or something like that. God knows differently.
God loves people and wants all persons of the earth to know Him but Jesus is the only way. Yeah, it does seem narrow but I’m not God and I don’t invent the rules, He does. If I can share with you about Jesus and His incredible love for you, please email me. I am pretty crappy at checking email since I am still trying to live a simple life, one day but I would really like to share with you my only sustaining hope over my years of life. God is good and He loves you. I don’t understand why since I know myself and all my failures… I guess He is just good like that.