In society, we look at the mentally challenged and ask “Why?” We ask God why we would let them live, and why will he not rid the world of them. People tend to find it hard to love them and to care for them. We tend to throw them off to the side, shun them, put them in homes for the handicapped, and talk harsh to them or about them.
The point is that God made us in his own image. They are more like him than we are to him. You may be asking “How is this possible?” Well they are shunned, accused of being dumb and un-controlling, not following rules and always need someone to be with them. God wants us to be with him. God wants us to love him, care for one another, show love to one another, to fellowship and live with each other. This is exactly how life skilled are living their lives.
I remember when I used to take care of mentally challenged kids and the love they showed me. I would walk in to the room, and they would get so excited. They would meet me at the door, hug me, kiss me, and tell me how much they have missed me. Then they would drag me into the room and show me everything they have been doing and tell me everything that is to come in their lives. I would get their life story. I never had to tell them where I had been, what I did, and why I had not seen them in days. They did not care if I was a bad person or a good one. They just assumed I was good and they would show me love and kindness and would welcome me with open arms.
How many of us would do that for our neighbor? I’m sure most of us would not care to do that, or maybe we are just scared to open up. We need to just remember that God is waiting at the door for us. Waiting with open arms, and does not care what we did, he just wants to share his life with us and love us.
Remember
Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 8:7 For those whose lives are according to the flesh think about things of the flesh, but those whose lives are according to the Spirit, about the things of the spirit
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
He will always love us
I just finished reading Acts and God reveled something to me. Now that I am teaching Bible study my passion for the Lord has grown and I want to grow more and more. Now early this year I had passion, and I just didn’t know what to do or how to grow. But God revealed things to me and pointed me in the right direction. So I reached and crawled until I got a taste of what I needed and then I wanted more and more. I just couldn’t get enough of Him and still I have not filled my taste. But one thing I have realized by reading Acts is that no matter where we are in our lives God can just intervene. When he is in your life there is nothing you cannot do.
Saul became Paul and became a believer of Christ and a man of great wisdom and knowledge. Now he was a man who killed and destroyed many families because of his belief. But he was forgiven and Jesus used him to show us that we are all loved. No matter what we have done in the past, if we believe in Him and Love Him we are forgiven. God used Paul to share the Gospel to the people who didn’t know Jesus and didn’t believe they could be accepted. No other God accepts everyone and no other god was willing to die for us and to take our sins upon himself. No other God is willing to share his kingdom. No other god!! We are here on this earth to worship God to love and share our lives with one another. We all want more, we all want to be loved, forgiven, and just been in a relationship of some sort with someone. But when it comes time to share love, forgive others, and to be in a relationship we run scared. It’s either too much work, or we just feel someone should show us first, or do to us first.
Does God have to really speak to us how he spoke to Paul? We need to listen and just believe in the beginning instead of wasting time. He may be talking to us and we just block him out. We need to start with faith in Jesus and trust Him. Just as Parents protect their young God will protect us, because he is our father and wants us to fellowship w/ him and love one another. Just as we can’t protect and hide our children from making their own decisions, God will protect and hide us from every little thing. He gave us free will and wants us to learn from living. He wants us to choose Him because we trust and love him; not because we feel we have to.
Saul became Paul and became a believer of Christ and a man of great wisdom and knowledge. Now he was a man who killed and destroyed many families because of his belief. But he was forgiven and Jesus used him to show us that we are all loved. No matter what we have done in the past, if we believe in Him and Love Him we are forgiven. God used Paul to share the Gospel to the people who didn’t know Jesus and didn’t believe they could be accepted. No other God accepts everyone and no other god was willing to die for us and to take our sins upon himself. No other God is willing to share his kingdom. No other god!! We are here on this earth to worship God to love and share our lives with one another. We all want more, we all want to be loved, forgiven, and just been in a relationship of some sort with someone. But when it comes time to share love, forgive others, and to be in a relationship we run scared. It’s either too much work, or we just feel someone should show us first, or do to us first.
Does God have to really speak to us how he spoke to Paul? We need to listen and just believe in the beginning instead of wasting time. He may be talking to us and we just block him out. We need to start with faith in Jesus and trust Him. Just as Parents protect their young God will protect us, because he is our father and wants us to fellowship w/ him and love one another. Just as we can’t protect and hide our children from making their own decisions, God will protect and hide us from every little thing. He gave us free will and wants us to learn from living. He wants us to choose Him because we trust and love him; not because we feel we have to.
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