Did you know that God Loves You?! Yes, that's what I said. God Loves You!!! It doesn't matter what you've done, or who you've been, or what's happened to you in your life or where you've been, God Loves You. He loved you so much that he sent his One and Only Son Jesus Christ to pay the price for all of those things in your life that you look at and say, "Look at what I've done, God wouldn't want me".
The truth of the matter is that he Loves you and he wants you to put your hands up to Him and say, "I am Yours. Take me and make me into the person you want me to be". He's waiting for you to quit trying to work your way into heaven. There is no way that any of us, from the best, to the worst, can work our way to heaven. We just can't do it. God knew that we couldn't do it, but He had a plan, and that plan played itself out in the life of His son Jesus Christ.
The truth is, we in our own strength could never make ourselves good enough, but right now he is holding out his hand, and waiting for you to accept His free gift of eternal life. What was that free gift? The gift of the Cross. Jesus went to the Cross and became the atonement for our sin, and wrong doings. He paid the penalty. What do we have to do to recieve this free gift? Open our hearts up, and accept what he did for us, and let Him come into our lives and let Him change you from the inside out. He will fill you so full of love that it will spill over and affect those around you.
It doesn't matter who you are, what you've done, or where you've been in life, God wants you to accept this free gift that He is offering. He's waiting for you to say Yes to Him... He Loves You, and wants you to have this gift. You don't have to make yourself perfect, or good enough first. It can't be done. Accept the Grace of God, and He will give it freely, because He Loves You!
John 3:16-18
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Hi Julie,
ReplyDeleteHow are you? What a wonderful post about the love of God and His free gift of salvation that He wants everyone to receive. Thanks for this reminder. We serve a gracious loving God who doesn't want anyone to perish but for all to come to repentance. Like you, I love the Lord as well. And I'm so thankful He's working in my life in powerful ways. And what a gorgeous photo of the sunset, or is that the sunrise?
Blessings,
Judy
Thank you so much Judy. I'm doing pretty good. After today's sermon in church today, I couldn't stop thinking about this, and I just had to write it down. God's love is truly beyond anything that we will ever know, and I couldn't imagine living without it. You are right about the picture, it's a sunset from my husband's parents house in Eastern Washington. :-) May God bless you richly Judy...
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