dusty trail

dusty trails here, I believe my life here on earth has been redeemed through Christ because Iam learning to love and appreciate all the things that god has blessed me with.I enjoy a greater peace of mind and satisfaction in my daily living.I even experience joy at times.Now I have gratitude where before it was dissatisfaction.I spent a lot of time dealing with long bouts of depression,medication and therapy.Through Gods words I feel like a shell of a man has now grown into something a little more significant and the more I pray and study the more beautiful it gets! I guess my mistake has always been I try to put myself in Gods place and think,How could God love a person like me? let alone give his only son up for me! How arrogant and stupid is that!But I have asked for forgiveness and I will have faith and pray for understanding.

dusty trails here,God is bringing me into his family and he is going to teach me ho to live a good life by following his directions like a good parent should.I suppose it feels encouraging because I dont feel abandoned.He created us and there is a follow through for us to complete so we can join our father in heaven once again!

dusty trails here, after reading more carefully I believe being holy is being totally dedicated to god.I think God can forgive my sin and see me me as blameless and see past my physical imperfections.

dusty trail here, to be holy means to totally without sin. Being blameless is to exhibit no physical imperfections or disabilities.

Dusty trails here, what"s scary about predestination is that as hard as I try to make things go right at times they will not quite fit the picture that has already been drawn.At the same time the thing that is comforting is that having faith in Christ is all that is required on my part.Paul is explaining the plan to the the Ephesians that he has for all of us .It has all been figured out long before even our creation.Just listen and accept!

Dusty trail here,anything that is positive and good that I will experience in my life will be the result of being "inChrist".If things are not going well there is a pretty good chance I would not be "in Christ" any longer.I realize there is a long theological explanation but I like to keep it simple!