A life of hope.

Now to me being a Christian can some time be confusing. And the bible can seem mind boggling.

That why I like to look at things simply and try and see thing in my own language.

So it say in the bible that anyone that believes in god will not die, but have eternal life.

In a earlier blog I mentioned about the boss giving the same wage to a worker who had do just an hours work as he gave to the worker who had helped him all day.

The point was that they where promised the same wage and both got what they had been promised.

The point was that no mater when we seek the lord wholeheartedly he will give us that eternal life. Life in heaven forever wig him.

So then people will say "I'll continue to live my life as I am doing and later will ask the lord for forgiveness and will take my place in heaven.

This is kind of like the medieval people that would berry the dead with a cross in one hand incase they where going to heaven, and a coin in the other hand to pay the ferry man to get across to the "other side".

They edged they're bets on two views of death.

Thing is I feel sad for those people that really don't believe in Christianity as they can't haves we a life after death and that's where it ends.

But a life on earth here is so short and God promises a life with him in paradise. With joy and riches beyond any on earth. He promise no more suffering, no more sadness and no more dyeing.

What a way to live now. With the faith that life doesn't stop when you die but it only is just the start of something
new. And life here now is better with God than without him

"NO God, NO Hope..... KNOW God, KNOW Hope"

Jesus chose you.

Some times we all get the feeling that your face doesn't fit, or that your not good enough to join a group or rich enough to be part of a club.

It's true that money or education can get some better thing in life. You can get a better job, a better education or a better deal if your in the right circles.

It's the old "it's who you know not what you know" scenario or "if your face fits" situation.

In private clubs and secretive groups there's a voting system that's called the black ball vote. The idea is that members have a white ball and black ball to vote with and if when the balls are all revealed there is a black ball in the bag the the person being voted for is not allowed to join.

Some people are also quick to judge. Like the salesman who judged a customer to be poor and didn't give them the time of day, the customer left the store and went next door and paid£5000 cash for products.

Let's look at Jesus. He was born in a stable, his father was a carpenter and live among the poorer section of society.

Yet he was the son of God. And could have easily been placed in the care of a rich family, born in a palace and part of a royal household. But God wanted him to be with the masses. And spread the word amongst all people.

When Jesus meet with people he spoke to all. Even a tax man who everyone hated because he stole money a was corrupt. Yet Jesus shared a meal with him in his home.

He choose a small group of men to help him and to follow him. These where not kings, or skollars or priests. He chose fisherman and farmers.

So when you feel that maybe you feel your just not as good as others, or feel your not good enough for something remember who Jesus chose to be with, not the rich or the upper class but the people that lived and work. He chose the people that where living as part of the masses. He chose you and me.

This then kills all theory of classes. It kills all ideas that some people are more important than others.

Every person on this earth today is equal in Gods eyes and all have an equal ability to succeed.

Let look at people around us, not as better or worse, richer or poorer but as equal.

Take the challenge to treat everyone as you would want to be treated yourself.

How it works

My older brother is one of those people that just has to know how things work. I remember getting a toy for my birthday and soon after getting it out of the box my brother was trying to take it apart to see how things worked and how it did what it did.

Now I don't care how it works, as long as when I press the correct button it does what I want, that's all i need to know. Simple but effective. Why try and make it complicated and get it to bits not really knowing if you'll get it back together again?

With Prayer I often find myself wondering how it works, if god has a plan then surly that's what is going to happen and all the praying in the world will not change it.

Praying is talking to God and making him part of your life. And communication with God is key if your to have him in your life.

I guess as a parent we know what we want for our children but sometimes the child may ask for something different and we have to weigh up whats best for the child.

The child may not always get what it wants. As a parent we will sometimes decide to give the child something better as we try to teach our children the best ways in life.

God is like our parent and will always listen to our prayers, he will always answer them even if its sometimes not the answer we where expecting. He will always help us when we ask for help and lead us in the right direction.

This is all part of having faith in Him and trusting him to know what is best for us and others. Just as a child trusts a parent and seeks help, we should trust and seek help from God .

I don't know how it works but I guess I'm happy just knowing it does work and trust God will always listen and answer.

Are you in Tune?

No Thank You... I have faith in the Lord.

There's a story of a man who was at his house when heavy rains poured down, the river crested, and the town flooded. As he stood on his front porch, the neighbourhood completely under water, two men came by in a rowboat. "Can we take you to safety?" one called out.

The man shook his head. "No, thank you. I have faith in the Lord and He will save me."

A little later, the waters had risen and the man was on the roof of his porch when a few people came along in a motorboat. "Hey, would you like to come with us?" one of them called.

"No, thank you," the man replied. "I have faith in the Lord, and He will save me."

The waters continued to rise with alarming speed, and the man soon found himself on the roof of his house. A helicopter came by and hovered overhead as the pilot broadcasted, "Let me drop a line and get you out of there."

"No, thank you," the man called back. "I have faith in the Lord, and He will save me."

The man died in the flood and went to Heaven, where he was met at the Gates by Saint Peter. Extremely saddened and upset, the man requested to talk to God. His request was granted.

"Heavenly Father," the man cried, "I had faith in you to save me from the flood, and you didn't come through for me!"

Astonished, God replied, "What are you talking about? I sent you two boats and a helicopter!"

We cant have to much faith in God as the bible tells us anything is possible with God. I guess its been another one of those confusing question in my mind about how do we know when god is calling or leading?

Its not about waiting for what you think will happen it is seeing what god has planned.

But maybe this is impossible as we can not even start to think even close to Gods plans and like that man in the story would we have seen what God had sent for us.