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Post by Deepfriar on Sept 12, 2015 6:02:01 GMT -6
Sometimes I just stop and thank God that He came to save us. I mean, think about it: the eternal Creator of the universe's creation turned their back on Him, and instead of destroying us all He took on human flesh and allowed Himself to be humiliated and brutally slain, perfect Lamb that He was. He loves us that much that He would do that. That is crazy insane. I love my awesome God. He lives in me and we live forever!
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Sept 12, 2015 8:54:07 GMT -6
Very true. ...and they fact we're not all space dust just shows how much love he has for us. All I need to do is reflect for just a few minutes and I'm almost moved to tears in regards to everything he's given me, and everything he's saved me from.
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Post by Deepfriar on Sept 12, 2015 13:07:45 GMT -6
"And the last enemy to be destroyed is death." (1 Corinthians 15:26, NLT)
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Jan 8, 2016 1:33:00 GMT -6
It is amazing what God has done, and continues to do for us. Cliched it may be to point out Jesus, the significance never diminishes. You're right, God could have wiped us out, but instead He lowered Himself to the status of a criminal that we might be saved.
On an individual level, I find it unfortunately easy to forget everything that's happened the past 2 or so years. But just a brief glance back is astounding. The journey God took me on - there's just no way it was all coincidence. Everything just added up and worked so perfectly. Every bandage He tore off that at first felt like abandonment? It was actually mentally and spiritually helpful to me. It wasn't apathy as many would say, but rather God carefully arranged it to help me grow.
I can barely begin to describe in text what God has done - and believe me, I've tried many, many times. I went from a hateful, violent person, to a misanthropic esoteric/occultist, to a new person in Jesus Christ. Everything that happened from 2007-(mid)2014... God is so merciful. It's a miracle I'm even alive.
I really cannot stress enough how perfectly everything played out in 2014. Depressed to the point of self-harming once or twice near the beginning of the year, all the way to feeling genuinely peaceful, content, happy, alive, and safe, altogether, for the first time in at least 15 years.
I'm only 21 years old.
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Post by Kerrick on Jan 8, 2016 11:06:44 GMT -6
I was just reading 1 John 4 this morning and pondering about this exact topic:
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Amen!
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