I like the thought of getting in from the beginning and not having to wait till the end to find out if we made it. I also love the paragraph at the end that talks about Him making Himself nothing and small so I can be something. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I, too, often wonder about our preoccupation with accomplishment, with being "good" enough. I was talking to my 12-year-old yesterday, and he was sharing with me how he worries about his "purpose" in life. At 12! I think our American culture is so focused on accomplishment and some sort of big, grand purpose that we have lost the beauty and grace in simply living. I think it starts is small simple ways. In asking kids what they want to be when they grow up, or where they want to go to college. In asking each other about our work more than anything else. We are so defined by what we produce from such a young age that we forget Christ has set us free. To glorify God and enjoy Him forever. That's it.
Both the politician and the philosopher in this article are confused about the level of “good” that will be required at the gate. If one chooses to be subject to the notion that his or her behaviour and attitudes are the criteria through which entrance into Heaven is established, the Lord will demand perfection. He who can see all things that live in our hearts, including motivations, secret thoughts, and private images, will demand a perfect life of holiness from the beginning of our lives until death. He will measure our lives, not by the sliding scale of the lives of other human beings but by the settled reality of His life. Against this metric, none of us shall stand.
I like the thought of getting in from the beginning and not having to wait till the end to find out if we made it. I also love the paragraph at the end that talks about Him making Himself nothing and small so I can be something. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I, too, often wonder about our preoccupation with accomplishment, with being "good" enough. I was talking to my 12-year-old yesterday, and he was sharing with me how he worries about his "purpose" in life. At 12! I think our American culture is so focused on accomplishment and some sort of big, grand purpose that we have lost the beauty and grace in simply living. I think it starts is small simple ways. In asking kids what they want to be when they grow up, or where they want to go to college. In asking each other about our work more than anything else. We are so defined by what we produce from such a young age that we forget Christ has set us free. To glorify God and enjoy Him forever. That's it.
Grace not Works. It's taken me a lifetime to lean the meaning of this.
Both the politician and the philosopher in this article are confused about the level of “good” that will be required at the gate. If one chooses to be subject to the notion that his or her behaviour and attitudes are the criteria through which entrance into Heaven is established, the Lord will demand perfection. He who can see all things that live in our hearts, including motivations, secret thoughts, and private images, will demand a perfect life of holiness from the beginning of our lives until death. He will measure our lives, not by the sliding scale of the lives of other human beings but by the settled reality of His life. Against this metric, none of us shall stand.
That is why we need a Saviour.
So well presented. Thank you!
Amen And Amen!
In Christ Alone
Our Hope is Found.
Amen. I only regret it took so many years for me to realize this. Praise be to God that I opened my eyes to His truth and not human truth.
This grt🙏🙏
Thank you for this. Timely for me. 🙏🏻
Amen! And amen!❤️🙏