The Road Home  

Ephesians 2:4

But God is so rich in mercy, and He loved us so very

much, that even while we were dead because of our sins,

He gave us life when He raised Christ from the dead.  (NLT)

     When people take God out of the equation of life they are embracing Satan, the mighty Prince of Darkness that rules this wicked world.  And his evil forces are hard at work deceiving people who then  love the creation rather than the Creator, hate holiness, and the authority of our Holy God and Savior.  The Lord did not create us to die, but to live.  God did not save us from death because He had to.  God saved us because He is a gracious and merciful God who knew we could never save ourselves from the just punishment that sin brings.  The Lord knows and sees all things and He is perfect in everything He does.  God’s love is something we cannot fully understand this side of Heaven, but we know that God is Love in the purest form because He tells us so, and He cannot lie.  Mercy and grace and love are His very nature and He watches over His entire creation like a hawk, directing our paths so that we might find our way Home. 

     There are many worldly paths to choose from, but they all lead to eternal death, because we were not made to travel through this life-journey apart from God.  Our Lord God and Savior came to this earth because we would not come to Him.  He came to be the Final Sacrificial Lamb of God.  Jesus sacrificed His life for the sins of the world and received the punishment that was due.  You have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus, your sins have been forgiven and forgotten, and you are now righteous and holy in the eyes of God if you so desire.  It doesn't matter who you are or what you have done, Jesus can give you a new life now and raise you to an eternal life when this one ends, for He is, after all, the infinite God of creation. 

                                          A Whisper of Hope

The paths of this world...lead into the darkness of the abyss.  But the path I paved for you will take you Home where I made you to live forever.  Many paths of this world seem pleasing and right, but they will deceive you into a slumber that is both dangerous and difficult to wake up from.  

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,

has made us understand that this Light is the brightness

of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.  (NLT)

          Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and

                          Christ will give you light.

                                    (Ephesians 5:14)