Lotto!

Can I tell you that I have had a lotto plan in place for a few years now.  One of the favorite things for me a few of my friends to do is talk about what we would do with all that wealth.  It wasn’t to long after that I realized we have all won the Lottery.. The Spiritual one that is.  God went ahead and decided to pick the numbers for us which was one.  The Christ Jesus was our Lotto Ticket.  His sacrifice provided us with the Ultimate wealth.  Eternal Life.  We have a choice to enjoy this life to the full. It doesn’t mean we wont be disappointed, hurt, let down, or stabbed in the back, but you know we will also be loved, trusted, and cared for.  There is always a balance in life when you have Jesus.  That’s where our winning number comes in.  When the Evil one tries to unload burden upon burden on you, Jesus says NO!  He carries us and walks next to us.  He provided us with access to all the angels and to the Holy Spirit.  The awesome thing about the wealth that we have won in Christ, it is forever abundant and it never ends.  The more you want the more and more He will provide.  I am glad God took a chance on us and gave us free will.  It is so much more beautiful to choose Christ because you want to and not because you have too!  Thank you for this life and for choosing to take the risk and have faith that we would choose you, Lord… Selah!

Friends

I am starting to appreciate what it means to have a  friend.  We call so many people in our lives this word, but I think we miss the mark of what true friendship is.  I can’t believe the opportunities that have passed me by in my life because I was not willing to be hurt.  You see what I have learned is that trusting someone means you are willing to allow that person to hurt you.  Now, I know this may seem weird that I am talking about awesome friendships by how you have to allow someone the opportunity to hurt you, but I think that’s what makes it awesome.  For so many years, I would allow people to give me all of their trust and then I would try and control how much of my trust I would give them.  There have been many times in my past that my friendships were manipulated by me.  I can say today that I no longer do that with my friendships.  I have learned to give my friends my complete trust and know that they do have the ability to hurt me and the fact that they don’t means a lot.  It is so nice to see how many people care about what is going in my life and that I care about what is going on in theirs.  I am thankful for those in my life as you should be for those in yours.. Have a Blessed holiday time and know that Christ is Forever.. Selah!

Born again

It is amazing to see someone come to Christ. They are usually in a place where they cannot take it anymore.  The cool thing about God is he gets people to hear about His son in everyway.  They may want prayer for one thing but the Holy Spirit will reveal just a little more.  Then as their heart encounters Christ for the first time they do not know how to react.  There is such peace and quiet that comes.

Jesus has called us to pray for those who have wounded hearts and we must be aware that there is always more going on than what we see. Pray my friends for a discerning heart and commit to the Priesthood of the Most High God.. Selah