Not So Much

I have always grown up as a Christian. You would think that I would know God like the back of my hand, right? Not so much. I know it is a privilege to grow up immersed in Christianity but it is also a challenge. The biggest stumbling block I have run into is pride. I fall into the trap where I think that I know everything I will ever need to. And then the four-hundred ton of bricks, that is reality, kindly hits me like a freight train. Then Yahweh shows me that when I break, He doesn't. I've doubted Yahweh before . . . and I felt like life wasn't worth living when I did. Then He showed me that it is, and I am filled with joy. I've argued with Yahweh over thunder before . . . and then He brought me to tears. He showed me that even when I doubt Him, He's there. Even when I hate His plan, He keeps me from careening down my path of destruction. I've learned that no matter what, God. Is. Here. His plan puts my plan in the desert without any water. His plan is the Truth. And you know what? The Truth will set you free.

~TDH

Because It Does

In C. S. Lewis' book Mere Christianity he talks about being "Heavenly minded." Lewis makes the point that when all one does is focus on Earth, and Earth's possessions, he will lose both Heaven and Earth simultaneously. But, if one were only to be "Heavenly minded"--to give every action an eternal value--they will get Earth "thrown in," so to speak. I believe Lewis is right. Think with me for a moment . . . if you woke up every day knowing that today was going to matter forever, wouldn't you live that day with everything you've got? (I know I would . . . and should) Yet if Christians say that we believe the Bible, shouldn't we know that every day matters? Shouldn't we live like it does? Yes, yes we should! But we cannot do it on our own. So let's ask Yahweh for help. I know He will be more than happy to give us the strength. He wants us to live every day like it will matter forever. Because it does.

~Tim H.

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A Call

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matthew 28:19, 20). 

In America it is all too easy to become obsessed with yourself. The trap is to go and seek a successful job and settle down with a wife and have "2.5" kids. But it seems that that goal is kind of empty . . . doesn't it? So then one might decide to find a way to change the world but then become forgotten. In the end whatever man tries feels empty and broken--no matter how hard he tries: he ends up dead (every time). Maybe we should be more focused on the point, that is, God (I prefer to call him Yahweh). So let us not forget the "great commission." As Christians we have a light that the world does not have. Let it shine. 

~Tim H.