Worried About The Future...
It's funny ... well not ha ha funny ... But I find I'm have an awful lot of Global Warming conversations lately. It's amazing how worked up and worried people can get over this. They are so concerned about their future and that of their children. Yes, Worldly concerned ... global warming is changing the earth. And yes it looks like it's going to eventually cause great havoc in the future. But what about these people and their kids ... are they as concerned about their life and their kid lives in heaven? Are they focused on Christ and the sacrifice he made for them on the Cross so that they could be saved from this world ... the one they are so focused on saving? I know that we could be doing more to preserve the earth ... but in all reality ... do you really think global warming is our biggest concern? What about all the fighting that's currently going on?
Perhaps if we became more focused on reading the Word and living a life pleasing to God ... we would find that this global warming and all the fighting may possible start to slow down... Perhaps rather than explaining to someone how they can make their children's lives better by using energy saving light bulbs we can discuss how we can be saving our children's eternal lives by introducing them to Christ and the sacrifice he made for us on the Cross ... perhaps rather than showing our kids it's every man for himself ... we could show them it's even man for Jesus and his forgiveness ... Perhaps rather than focusing on pay back, we focus on loving back. Just a thought!
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
(Romans Chapter 13: 8-14)
Perhaps if we became more focused on reading the Word and living a life pleasing to God ... we would find that this global warming and all the fighting may possible start to slow down... Perhaps rather than explaining to someone how they can make their children's lives better by using energy saving light bulbs we can discuss how we can be saving our children's eternal lives by introducing them to Christ and the sacrifice he made for us on the Cross ... perhaps rather than showing our kids it's every man for himself ... we could show them it's even man for Jesus and his forgiveness ... Perhaps rather than focusing on pay back, we focus on loving back. Just a thought!
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
(Romans Chapter 13: 8-14)
posted by Harley McCarville at 8:50 pm
