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Revelation 3:19

I am the One who corrects and disciplines everyone

I love.  Be diligent and turn from your indifference.  (NLT)

     If the Lord God did not love human beings like He does, He would have washed His hands of us a long time ago and we would all die in our sin and reap the ugly consequences.  Because the Lord is perfectly righteous and just, unforgiven sin must be dealt with.  But He is also a merciful and gracious God who is filled with love and compassion for people, sin and all.  God was quick to respond to the sins of Adam and Eve, promising a Divine Savior who would crush the head of Satan and provide the Way back into His Holy Presence.  And from that time forward, the Lord has been pursuing people faithfully, correcting and disciplining us when needed, because He wants no one to suffer the horrors of eternal condemnation.  Since the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit has been working in our world in order to wake us up to the truths about life and death, and Heaven and Hell.  Since God’s ways are far above our finite ways, we must humbly trust in the ways of the God who saved us. God's Way is best, no matter how unfair they seem to us.  

     Why God allows some to die young in their sins and saves others when they are old and sick is not our concern; it is not for us to know this side of Heaven.  We must simply trust in God’s sovereign plan for man and believe in the gift of salvation that He so graciously purchased for us.  When we reject the infinite Truth of God for the false truths of this wicked world, we become deceived by blatant lies and led to make choices that we will regret.  Trusting God’s Truth and His discipline is a prerequisite to successfully navigating through this hard and dangerous life-journey.  Surrendering your life to the Lord and accepting His death and resurrection as your own, is the key that unlocks the door to God’s complete forgiveness, His gift of salvation, a new godly life.  With Christ Jesus you have the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  He is the Saving Light for this dark and dying world, and He is the only One who can usher you through Heaven’s door.

                                    A Whisper of Hope

Be at peace, My child…trust in the plans I have for you; plans for a future that is bright and full of life.  My great love is unknowable, my compassion is beyond great, and My justice is perfect.  Don’t be indifferent to the plans I have for you, and always allow Me to lead the Way.

Isaiah 55:8-9

“My thoughts are completely different from yours,” says the LORD.

“And My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.  For just

as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than

your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.”  (NLT)

        But since you are like lukewarm water, 

           I will spit you out of My mouth!

                         (Revelation 3:16)