Pain, and Keepin' it Fresh.

Think of a time you've felt pain.

Could be breaking your arm,

having your heart broken,

falling of your bike,

or being away from home for the first time.

The pain is real.

More real to you, than to anyone else,

because for someone to know the pain,

they have to have felt it too.

But to feel the same pain, they would have to live the same exact life as you,

and live through the same event.

Nobody knows EXACTLY what you're going through.

That's true, with one caveat.

Everyone except Christ.

He led a perfect life, and never felt the pain of sin,

or mistakes.

Then, in the one moment that saves us all spiritually,

He felt every single pain, so He can be our Savior.

This results in YOU,

never being alone.

For most people this isn't news.

However, I feel it's important to keep it fresh in our lives.

The "it" being the news of Christ's sacrifice.

How can we wake up every morning and feel joyous for His

Redeeming Love?

How have you been able to keep it fresh?

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No Unhallowed Hand Will Stop the Work

Man has it been a crazy political climate!

You have people hating each other,

yelling at each other,

and ultimately worsening relationships,

and burning bridges.

This isn't anything a politician is doing,

we're doing it to ourselves.

I think we're doing it,

because we are freaking out and panicking.

I invite you to take a step back and think about your day,

do you still have an apartment?

a bed?

a family?

(insert thing that matters to you here)?

Then take a deep breath and realize that it will be okay.

There's a concept from business, mostly accounting,

that we should all apply to our lives.

When trying to make a decision,

you never consider the sunk costs.

Why?

Because they already happened and there is nothing,

I repeat,

nothing,

you can do about them.

It forces us to look forward and ask,

so what are we going to do about it?

Now, I'm going to get spiritual.

God is still your Heavenly Father,

and Christ is still your Savior.

As He inspired one of His prophets to say,


"No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing.

Persecutions may rage...

Mobs may combine...

but the truth of God will go forth boldy and nobly."

It really will, no matter who's president.


Take a step back and recognize what really matters,

and begin to love others again.

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The Last Days: Internally or Externally?

The very descriptive verses in Mathew 24 are pretty terrifying.

"And ye shall hear wars, and rumors of wars."

"Nation shall rise against nation."

"The love of many shall wax cold."

and then we hear this verse, that in comparison,

sticks out like a sore thumb.

"But he that shall endure unto the end,

the same shall be saved."

Wait,

How are we going to be saved from nations rising against nations?

Are we going to have insta-shields

and invisibility cloaks to protect us?


I'm banking on not having those things.

However there's a difference between how the world is going to look,

and how the faithful will feel.

It wont be a frolicking through the daisy fields,

that's for sure.

But we will know that this isn't it.

That knowledge is what will keep the last days happening outside of us,

and not inside.

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