Tag: Perseverance

Dad, finally put to rest.

Arw27

Yesterday, we put my father to rest. For me, I felt like he was at rest, the moment he passed, from this life to the next.

Culturally, back here, it is a big deal to look at the Shell of a body and find finality with the person’s death.

I don’t get it so much, but respect it. Definitely, the burial does make a lasting impression that he is gone.

Anyway, he joins quite a few family members, who leave a legacy of loving God and loving and serving people.

I will miss you Dad, in physical form, but your legacy and spirit will live FOREVER!

With Love

Alan

Gut check….Do we reflect to our fellow Christians, this belief and hope in Our daily lives?  Just as important, do we display that through our actions, to a lost and fallen world?

Arw27

 

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8‭-‬9 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.8-9.NASB

Who can reconcile the vast expanse of holiness, between God and ALL of Mankind?

Arw27

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
1 Timothy 2:5‭-‬6 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/1ti.2.5-6.NASB

What can we do?  Nothing, but recognize the unfathomable gift of love, and fall at his feet and worship him.

Want to be strong? See what the bible says.

Arw27


Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.12.10.NASB

Need a friend?  Jesus is close by and always available to talk.

Arw27


The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.
Psalms 145:18 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.145.18.NASB

Blameless before God.  

Arw27

We are blameless, not because of what we do, but because of who we are in Jesus.  We can never earn our Salvation.   

As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalms 18:30 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.18.30.NASB

    

Jesus fulfills scripture.

Arw27

Prophesy declares that one would come, who would be the perfect sacrifice, and fill our hearts like Living Waters.  Jesus is that perfect sacrifice and precursor to the Holy Spirit coming (Rivers of Living Water).  Is 44:3, 55:1, 58:11.

He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'”
John 7:38 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.7.38.NASB

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." John 4:10 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.4.10.NASB

Like a Sail Needing Wind, thus Our Heart and Soul need You Lord, to Guide Our Every Step.

Arw27


My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.73.26.NASB

Who’s strength is it, anyways? 

Arw27

I pray LORD, that you give us eyes to see, beyond what this present day has to offer.  May we live with an eternal perspective, not only for ourselves, but for the people we interact with, every day.  May Jesus shine in our lives.

Arw27

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.18.NASB