my memories
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Have you ever liked or loved a person a lot? Won't you do everything for the person? Won't you go all out to care for and help the person, to be there in times of joy and laughter, need and pain? Won't you try your best to be near the person? Won't you want to give everything up for the person. Yet what if he or she were a blockhead? One who never knew that you loved him or her, never returned the love that you gave.You'll feel hurt and angry inside won't you?Now. Imagine what God feels.God created us to love us. He didn't need us but He wanted to love us. He created everything in the heavens and earth He gave us food and water so that we might be satiated. Animals to play with. Nature to enjoy. He gave us all that we needed to be happy.Yet, we sinned. Adam and Eve sinned against God by eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. And we as their desccendents are all born sinners. How many times have we broken God's heart by sinning? By telling lies, by murdering, by swearing, by defiling His name, by lusting, by committing adulutery, by murdering, by dishonouring our parents and of course, by worshipping other gods? We are those blockheads.But God still loved us blockheads. He was not willing that any should perish in hell. He didn't want us to burn in a Godless eternity in the lake of fire. Instead, He wanted us in heaven to be with Him - to enjoy the riches and beauty of heaven and to be in a place full of love and gladness. Out of utter love for us, He sent His one and only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross to shed the pure blood needed to wash away our sins. Cruel it might sound but it was because we disobeyed God that God had to sacrifice His Son. And it was humans who persecuted His beloved Son and killed Him. So whose fault is it? God raised Jesus up on the third day after His death and now we have the Holy Spirit and the gifts of God's mercy and kindness.After what God's done, are you still going to reject His everlasting love? Are you going to reject His mercy, His forgiveness, His gifts of life and joy? Are you going to reject an eternity in heaven where no tears of pain and sorrow will be shed? Are you still going to continue to be a blockhead?char
4:57 PM
the scent still lingers
