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As long as I don't hear "I never knew you" I'll be satisfied enoughOMM: Running the race well. I don't care if I limp across the finish line...I want to hear "well done." Fear is so often a tool of the enemy. Let us all fight the good fight, pray continuously, love one another, and look to/ depend upon the Lord who is more than able. Can I just say I am in awe right now of the fact that the Lord is a warrior. Isaiah 42:13
OMM: Running the race well. I don't care if I limp across the finish line...I want to hear "well done." Fear is so often a tool of the enemy. Let us all fight the good fight, pray continuously, love one another, and look to/ depend upon the Lord who is more than able. Can I just say I am in awe right now of the fact that the Lord is a warrior. Isaiah 42:13
As long as I don't hear "I never knew you" I'll be satisfied enough(Still stuck in the phase of doubting my salvation status sometimes... speaking of fear haha)
Of course I'd love to know I did his will and used the short time we have on here to the fullest as well, and even though I still have doubts in things I still run the race and sow seeds.
Ain't no such thing in heaven man.I'm afraid of hearing this:
"You wicked and lazy dog! You failed me and everything I taught you! Why couldn't you be more like Billy Graham?! Your eternal occupation will be cleaning out the sewers of heaven! You'll live in the slums of Heaven! You will be segregated from everyone and will live like a second class citizen for the rest of eternity! I don't care if you are broken, you should have done a better job at life!"
Intellectually I know that this will likely not be the case but emotionally I don't. Living a screwed up life with everything and everyone against me has left me cynical about how I will finish this race.
At least you get into heaven.. lol.I'm afraid of hearing this:
"You wicked and lazy dog! You failed me and everything I taught you! Why couldn't you be more like Billy Graham?! Your eternal occupation will be cleaning out the sewers of heaven! You'll live in the slums of Heaven! You will be segregated from everyone and will live like a second class citizen for the rest of eternity! I don't care if you are broken, you should have done a better job at life!"
Intellectually I know that this will likely not be the case but emotionally I don't. Living a screwed up life with everything and everyone against me has left me cynical about how I will finish this race.
Ain't no such thing in heaven man.
Remember the verse
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
and if you believe in Jesus, he's your Lord. And if you believe in him and he's your Lord, you love him.
At least you get into heaven.. lol.
I'm afraid of hearing this:
"You wicked and lazy dog! You failed me and everything I taught you! Why couldn't you be more like Billy Graham?! Your eternal occupation will be cleaning out the sewers of heaven! You'll live in the slums of Heaven! You will be segregated from everyone and will live like a second class citizen for the rest of eternity! I don't care if you are broken, you should have done a better job at life!"
Intellectually I know that this will likely not be the case but emotionally I don't. Living a screwed up life with everything and everyone against me has left me cynical about how I will finish this race.
Yeah....none of us are going to be compared to Billy Graham or be chastened because we didn't do what Billy did. God only made one Billy Graham, one you, one me. Better to keep our eyes on Christ then to compare ourselves to others. Comparison is the thief of Joy.
Hard to do that when one grew up being the poster boy for eugenics that everyone hates while having a gifted and talented sibling who everyone loves.
I'm going to get the best crown for being the most humble. It'll be amazing.
Suffering for Jesus!I'm going to get the crown of life for suffering the most.
I mean, my internet went out for an hour. I was this close to losing my sanity. Woe is me.
You've just got to keep in mind that God sees you in a much different and better light than any person can. You need to keep preaching truth to yourself about your identity because like any human being, your inclination is going to be to believe that you have to somehow earn God's love and that's simply not the case. The reason you see yourself in such a poor light is that you don't believe you deserve heaven, and you would be right. The truth, though, is that God doesn't treat us according to what we deserve. In His grace He has promised you a place at His table.
Nothing you can do will make God love you more or less than He does now. He loves the current version of you as much as He loves the five-years-from-now, highly-improved version of you. He chose to pursue relationship with you knowing all of the wrong things you were going to do, and He doesn't regret it. He promised to complete the work that He began in you, and that's what He is going to do. That's a promise to grasp onto.
Write a story about the bull...........I so wish I could get back into writing fiction. I miss it so much. Writing a lot of non-fiction for clients just makes my mind tired.
Jelly! That sounds beautiful!Bleached my hair now going lilac
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