In the world we live in today, everyone is born into sin. Our own nature is sinful. It doesn't matter how good and how bad we do.
Worse than that, our life may seem flourishing or disastrous, its result, without God, is that we are doomed to live eternity away from God, in eternal damnation. Our life of sin, of denial of the will and law of God, leads us to live in a state that will reject Him forever. We were all condemned to no longer be able to face God. A hard way to come back to reality! I accept it, and I approve. After some time, God chose a people with whom He chose to be in fellowship. Lots of ups and downs with the people of Israel, to put it mildly. God had chosen a people who could show the way for the rest of the nations to follow. But these people doubted, sinned, and gradually moved away from God as well. Far from a fun part! Some have continued to believe in Him, and the prophets are some of them. They announced what we might call a literal "backup plan." He has a name: Jesus. Jesus came to reconcile God's people with the Father. He came so that all nations might discover the plan of salvation. He came to carry sin on His shoulders, dying a criminal death when He knew no evil deeds. Hello, justice! The problem with looking at it on a larger whole is that apart from God, we are nothing. We are empty. I don't know if you've been through this before ... It's like feeling empty despite everything you have. Despite your friends, evenings of so-called fun and fun, nothing is pleasant to you. For others, it will be like being born and living a "good" or "beautiful" life doing all the good in the world and overnight, losing everything. Or watch your world crumble and lose all hope. Some will even tell you that they feel broken. Does that sound familiar to you? Do you find yourself in one of these situations? You are not the only one. The problem is probably the lack of hope. A friend told me about smelling like a broken vase. So I told him about the kintsugi. Do you know what it is? You may have an idea without knowing the name (it was my case). So I had to do some research before answering him. And this is what I found:
After this repair process, the room can no longer be used for eating, as it becomes poisonous. Before reaching terrible conclusions, I will invite you to let me explain myself. The broken vessel is our life without God. Useless, worthless, neither for us nor for the world around us. What led us to this situation were the injuries and disappointments. This is how we broke. If we choose to put ourselves in God's hands, when we allow Him to fix us, He takes what was worth nothing and turns it into a work of art. This work will have no place in its former location, will no longer have any function under the previous conditions. It would be toxic to the old environment, and it could possibly damage the new creation. So, a new function is assigned to it: to highlight the work of the artist. This is the option you have if you choose to give your life to God. You can allow Him to transform you and make you more useful than you were before. I can assure you, choose to accept the work of Christ in your heart and in your life, to refuse to live as you lived before, to separate yourself from sin, nothing more beautiful. He is offering it to you today. Here are two verses that show you what God offers you for your life:
So, what now? The choice is yours. But I really invite you to consider your options and to choose life with Christ. I pray that you would have a good week, May God bless you, Do
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I am back with the next edition of our series: By God & For God! I hope you liked the first one! As you may know, in this series, I am talking to you about love languages. If you’re joining us this week for the first time, have you heard of them before? If not, here’s a short explanation. American pastor, Gary Chapman, wrote about this subject and explains that there are 5 love languages. And, this is what I want us all to discover during this summer. I start every article with a quick debrief of what it is (really, it’s not going to be long), and then, I talk to you about how we can use said love language in our relationship with God. I believe that He allowed us to have these languages for a reason, and I believe that this is is to live them all with the Father. All of this is to make Him happy! In that same way, it shows us His love for us through these languages. Today, let’s talk about physical touch. What is it? Some people feel loved when they have physical contact. However, to render this simple, it means that these people appreciate being hugged or things of the genre by the people they love. This doesn’t mean that these people lack affection or that they grew up lacking said affection. It’s simply because this helps them feel loved. I am probably one of them; I like hugging the people I love (and Canada hasn’t helped, if anything, it has made me more touchy-feely). How to live that with God? We find ourselves here, in the same place where we were two weeks ago, in a delicate situation. Unless it’s a supernatural phenomenon, we cannot physically touch God, unlike the disciples who could touch Jesus (John 13:23, John 20:27). The difficulty comes in the fact that physical contact concerns two people. So, like last week, it seems to me that all things pass by His people and His creation. Once again, this does not concern the extraordinary phenomena that God permits. I invite you, therefore, to return to read this section of the previous article to read my suggestions about this subject, or simply, you can read Matthew 25:35 - 40. To add to that , I like spending time in worship. I sing, I pray and I let my body express itself to God in the ways that the spirit leads it. At church, I raise my hands to worship: these are acts that help me express my love. How does God show it? “Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.” (Luke 5:13) “After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.” (John 9:6 - 7) Sadly, today, it’s not really possible. So, here's something I love to do: rest in the presence of God. Listen to praise, or just sit in silence to find out what He has to teach me. In these moments, I sometimes feel His presence. It really is a blessing ... A few years ago, after an event we were at with our group of young adults, I felt like God came to hug me every night when I went to bed. These are impressions, but they are so valuable ... But above all, today we have the church. In the book of the Acts of the Apostles, we talk about how the believers leaned on each other, used each other. They almost lived together. And I believe that's a blessing that we have today. We have a community, made to live in communion with God. And this community is supposed to act the way Jesus would. A shoulder to cry on, arms to rejoice in, it's almost like an extension of the hand of God in our lives. Finally, sometimes God touches us physically, even though we do not feel Him directly. Miraculous healings still exist today. I would advise you to read the testimonies in the "My life, His plan" section to discover some examples. I hope this has given you a new perspective on loving God and seeing God's love for you, Be blessed abundantly, Do. |
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