You make me sick.....

It makes me sick to my stomach whenever the topic of God is brought up and someone says "I don't believe in God"

Now, I don't know how you just read or interpreted that sentence, but let me take a minute to clarify. It means I know someone - often times someone I care about very much - who has yet to experience the unconditional love that I've felt before. They likely hang on to anxiety and worries which means they have never experienced peace that passes understanding. And they don't know the comfort of turning things over to someone and trusting that everything will be ok no matter what. THAT, my friends, is what makes me feel the way I do. Knowing that someone I care about is hurting and there's nothing I can do that will help.

"With God all things are possible" - With friends, all things are 'fairly manageable' at best.

So answer me this - What kind of Christian would I be if I didn't believe with all my heart what I say I believe in? I mean, I can't pick out the good stuff and leave the bad stuff behind. So when I say I believe, it means I believe what the bible says is true. It means that I believe that God is real and I believe that one day he will return. Unfortunately, that also means I believe that those who have not placed their faith and trust in Christ are destined for a place I would never want anyone, not even my worst enemy, to go.....You know what I'm gonna say and yes, it ends with 'double hockey sticks'.

Forget the rules - forget the 'religion' behind everything. Forget what you're supposed to wear or that you're supposed to go to church once a week. Forget the foods you were told to eat or not eat, forget the rituals or the songs you are supposed to memorize. Forget all of that -

"Religion is your PERSONAL relationship with God."

That's it....nothing more, nothing less. 

In Matthew 22 verse 34-40 one of the Pharisees asks Jesus point blank "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replies "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is, love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments"

If you're reading this and you don't know God, I beg you to step out of your comfort zone and give it a try. For some of you the correct sentence might be "Give it ANOTHER try".

The bottom line is this - 

• If I'm wrong and there is no God, worst case scenario is that I'm dead and I don't know any differently. 
• If the unbeliever is wrong, and God IS real, then they have a problem. A REALLY big eternity sized problem filled with undying misery and anguish. I don't want that for anyone...

Make your New Years resolution a little different for 2013 - Develop a personal relationship with God. If you already have one, then please help someone else along the way who may be struggling. 

Love & Blessings to everyone who reads this ~ I pray you find what you're looking for. 

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" ~ Matthew 7:7

"Come near to God and he will come near to you" ~ James 4:8