Your Kingdom Come

Life is short.

Even if given 120 years on Earth-when you reach that year-it may still feel like it all went by so fast.

What matters most when 120, 99, 89, or sadly even fewer years go by before we pass?

Will how much money you have at that point matter most?

Will your job titles matter most?

Will how many cars, houses, and boats you own matter most?

Will how many vacations you took during your life on Earth matter most?

Will how many children or grandchildren you have matter most?

Will the way you lived and how you chose to interact with other human beings matter to you in that last year of your life?

Will the legacy: the memories those around you have of you after you pass from the Earth be of integrity, honesty, love, and commitment?

Is this your greatest desire in life?

Why wouldn’t it be? Right?

Do we as humans live in perfect integrity, honesty, love, and commitment all the days of our lives?

If we are honest at this moment: the answer is a resounding NO for all of us humans: we do not live even a day on this planet with even an ounce of perfection.

No: not us: but there is One who did and his sacrifice on the cross is what makes it possible to change our flesh-serving ways: our pride-of-life, dishonesty, hatred, laziness, gluttony, greed, and every other sin of the flesh.

Only through God’s mercy and grace through his son Jesus Christ do we have the ability and strength to live our lives free from the bondage of our sinful flesh.

Only through God’s mercy and grace through his son Jesus Christ do we have the ability and strength to deny our flesh and live in the Spirit which is: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Thank you God for giving us your Son-that we might have eternal life with you and life abundant now-living in your Holy Spirit here on Earth.

They ought to be protected-all the little children. This needed protection starts in the womb of their mother where their heart first starts beating, where they try out their little arms and legs-jabbing you from the inside to let you know they are there and healthy and getting stronger every day and showing just how fully human they are also-just still tiny in size and therefore needing you to get ready to give them your best! This small, vulnerable life is a gift to you, and it is your responsibility to protect them from harm, teach them about the world around them, teach them how to care for themselves properly and how important it is to be caring and kind to other people in this world also. It is a long-term commitment, it isn’t easy, it isn’t glamorous, and for much time it will require self-sacrifice, selflessness and determination. Yet, even with all of that included (and those are actually key elements of why this next statement is true): it is THE BEST thing that can happen to you when you humbly learn to give everything you have for their benefit-your love, your money, all of your time-yes all: day in day out, sometimes all through the night, year after year staying in it to give them the best you have to give them and when you give them the best you have to give them all those years-YOU are the one that benefits the most from all those years of giving your best to them every day.

Life is difficult, yet I have hope.

Life without hope of eternal living and a Holy God creator, sustainer, and savior is a lie that robs one of eternal joy.

If someone believes there is no one true God what does their life look like?

Should they treat others kindly and care for those who are not able to care for themselves?

Should they work hard to provide for themselves and others every day of their able-bodied lives?

Does our history prove that humanity in general desires to be honest, hard-working, loving, and caring people?

Or is there proof throughout human history that no one human has ever lived a perfectly honest, hard-working, loving, and caring life?

My hope is not in myself nor in humanity but in the one true God and His word became flesh Jesus Christ who died for my sins.

Words can be put together in truth

Words can be put together in falsehood

With rythme and ryhme, with soothing tones and intonations, words are easy to remember and easy to follow-whether true or false, whether morally edifying or morally corrupting

When spoken by certain people, words are taken in as truth and are regurgitated and emulated as such even when they are full of falsehood.

Truth must be valued more than feelings.

Truth must be valued more than desires.

Truth must be searched out with calculated intentions when there is the ability to put words together based on false feelings, desires and morals.