“What’s the meaning of life?”
How many times have you heard people talk about the meaning of life?
Well, I believe you can perceive the meaning of life even if you don’t completely understand WHAT life is.
But one thing life is, for sure, it’s relational. First your relationship with your Creator. Then with the people around you. And then your relationship with your own silly self.
So, right now, do you love yourself? I hope so. Because it’s not arrogant. After all, God says to “love your neighbor as yourself.” So that means you gotta love yourself, too. Not as the world might have you believe. But with respect to and for the indescribable gift of life God gave you.
I’ll bet you feed, water, and groom yourself. Right? You make sure you stay warm in winter and cool in summer. You clothe yourself and you’ve given yourself many, many gifts.
And you absolutely should do these things.
And you should seek to do them for others, too. Remember, whether it’s next door or thousands of miles away, God gave your neighbors that indescribable gift of life, too. But maybe their life isn’t going so well right now. Do what you can to comfort them. And, if they’re willing, share some things they can do to be healthier in body, soul, and spirit. Show them how what they eat directly affects their body. Share with them how what they feed their eyes and ears directly affects their soul and spirit.
There’s no guarantee they’ll change. But even if they refuse to hear, receive, and implement the information, you’re still doing what God says to do. And that shows how you appreciate what He’s done for you. As the Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians: “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.”
Our God Is LPRGL
The world is…obsessed with death and dying.
They’re drowning…in bitterness and crying.
It’s such an awful shame.
They could call upon the name of Jesus.
As followers we say
We know He’s the only Way that frees us
From the sins we hide deep inside. They…can’t please us.
Our bodies…become the dust that scatters.
If that’s it…then nothing really matters.
We may as well give in
When we feel the world begin to seize us.
Who needs all that guilt and blame
You get calling on the name of Jesus?
But it’s not like that. It’s a fact…Jesus sees us.
He’s living and He’s life…He’s personal to talk to…
Relational with every son and daughter.
He’s good and so much more….He’s loving to the core…
Jesus is the Living Water.
And each time a soul is saved all the angels above sing…
Our God is living, personal, relational, good…and loving.
Our souls know…infinity is calling.
But temptation…can keep our spirits falling.
So we need to fix our eyes
On the true eternal prize of Jesus.
When we stand before the throne,
He knows our lives, alone, won’t appease us.
No, we need the blood of the lamb…we need Jesus. © 2009 TF
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