Skip to main content

Sometimes it is Good to cry.

Emotions are getting a bad wrap these days. There are many times in our lives in this present age, where tears would be the appropriate response to all the tragedy we are seeing in our world right now. We must remember that through all we listen to, watch, or read on social media that we live in a relatively calm world. It is us humans that run this world, even  if you believe that there is a God and he is somehow using us as His puppets, you would have a distorted view of the God you believe in. Christ said, "The Kingdom of God is within you" contrary of social distortion, he stresses to the religious leaders of his day that His Kingdom was not of this world. In a word, God's Kingdom is the kingdom of Love. Yes, I believe in the bible and I believe what it says about having faith, and this is how we enter God's Kingdom, but in my understanding of the truth, no one is excluded from God's Kingdom and those who through their rejection of the greatest commandment, which is to love God and love your neighbour (as yourself) are actually fighting the work of God by committing a sin against Love.

We do not place ourselves into God's Kingdom, we do in a sense, but it is the Heavenly Father through the Lord Jesus, who forgives us our sins and places us in the family of God. The bible teaches that anyone who does not love doesn't know God (1 John 4:8). The reason why love is so important in God's Kingdom is because love has the power to create life, it is hate that destroys people and life. Not just any kind of hate, but hate against God, and against God's people, Israel and the poor in spirit. God promises that he will work through us humans, to advance His Kingdom in this word. We do this through actively loving one another, not necessarily by taking advantage of each other, but freely loving in the way that God has taught us to love each other. Nothing that God has created is evil, all things are good and are used properly for God's Glory and our happiness.

I personally believe that God takes pleasure when we are happy. I also believe He sends adversity not to punish us, but to perfect our faith. The concept of faith can and is abused in most churches. The real kind of faith, leads us to greater and greater pleasure in life and in the Lord. The Lord is holy, and He desires that we meet His expectations in our lives, and He knows that if we become more loving and forgiving  He can use us. There is a great contradiction in the Kingdom of God, and that is God prefers to use nobodies. I believe that He does this because the bible teaches this; 1 Corinthians 1:27-31 NASB "But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, 28and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, 29so that no man may boast before God. 30But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, 31so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”

Why God has chosen to do this this way is a mystery. And it is a wonderful one at that. Our Saviour was put to death by religious leaders, because his love threatened them. They were in bondage to their own hurt, and their sinful hearts. But they were too proud to allow Jesus the Saviour to heal and forgive them. I know that God suffers with us because he suffered for us on the cross. As we enter a new year, and celebrate the Holidays, don't feel ashamed because of all the suffering that is happening in the world, enter as best as you can into the mystery of the suffering Saviour and Lord.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Some Bible Verses on Money.

  Bible verses about money. I bet you didn’t think the bible said that? Proverbs 23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.  1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Proverbs 13:11 Wealth quickly gained is quickly wasted — easy come, easy go! But if you gradually gain wealth, you will watch it grow. Psalm 62:10 Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the centre of your life. Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storeho...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Story.

  In 1999 I suffered a mental health crisis and admitted myself into the hospital where I live, in which I was given a mental health diagnosis. I didn’t want to receive medication at the time, but unwillingly accepted it. I was in the hospital for about two months, when I asked my doctor if I could go home, and he said yes, even though he thought it would have been better if I stayed longer.   I was glad to be home though, but at 25, it took some adjusting to feel truly at home. One of the problems I was having at home was it was hard for me to eat the food in the house. I was having a psychosis where I felt the food wasn’t mine, and I literally had to go out to eat, or buy bread from the supermarket and take it home to eat it. Eventually this wore off, but I don’t remember how long.  I was now on ODSP and had a check come to me every month in order to have financial support. I would occasionally have a crisis, and ask my mom to drive me to the hospital, but eventually th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Why has the church lost its capacity and power?

  The church has modernized itself and in the process has lost something very valuable. It has lost its capacity to be personable. The way we reach lost souls is by seeing them, by getting to know them, and by recognizing them, but people are getting lost in the church. The church has become a busy place and is also becoming a less holy place. To make disciples we have to get to know people, and technology in the church is depersonalizing souls, and depersonalizing God for them. Faith becomes a marketable commodity, whereas in the past, churches and their leaders nourished and valued personal faith. While faith is still valued, it’s becoming something that is marketable, which reminds me of the story of Jesus in the temple turning over tables (Matthew 21:12-17). The problem isn’t that the church doesn’t work or doesn’t want to share the gospel, it could be how we are doing it. The church is currently being run like a business, and each Christian metaphorically speaking has a profit...
Post a Comment
Read more