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Saturday, November 23, 2013

It's One of Those God Moments...

What an amazing captured moment! 

 My mother always told me:
"Lydia, even if you lost everything in your life, if you still have God, you have everything."

This homeless man attests to the fact that:
Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)

 God is God, no matter our circumstances. His love for us never will never end; His love for us is beyond understanding. He gave His life (the life of His Son Jesus) that we may live a life of fullness in Him. He provides hope, joy and spiritual riches that no human circumstance can rob us of. He came to give us a hope from our spiritual longings and fill us with the perfect Love that He alone can provide.

Ask yourself, how can a man who has nothing find it in him to have the strength to bow and sing to a God he does not see? 
Listen. God is real. He is the world's greatest treasure. He is humanity's greatest gift. In Him is found our Hope of Glory. There are riches in this world that were never meant to be conquered, but simply received. God's gift of Love and Salvation (heart healing) is just that.

On top of that, look at celebrities. They have so much, yet, they seem so lost. We were not meant to find fulfillment in ourselves. Our meaning goes beyond our own personal dreams. Once you achieve them, then what? Off to the next dream? When will you stop? Is pursuing goals a chase after the wind or a pursuit to Joy? Ecclesiates 2 in the Bible, talks about a man who sought happiness in all the places the world told him to look and still concluded with this thought: 

21 Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. This, too, is meaningless, a great tragedy. 22 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? 23 Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.
24 So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him?[b] 26 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.