Too Much!

Ladies, have you ever had one of those days you had so much to do that you didn't get anything done? That seems to be me today. I putzed all day but didn't really get to check anything off my list.   Life is so busy in other areas that stuff at home gets put on the back burner and when a day comes that I can just stay home and work, I look at all that needs to be done and just get tired. I picked at the piles but only brought them down a little. You already know about me and laundry. 

Wonder if God feels like that sometimes. He has so much to do. Like holding the universe in place, creating new life, healing old life. hopefully bringing Spring soon and all the while loving and keeping us. He sees us at war, sees us fuss, sees us destroying, sees us turn from Him. Sees us worry, sees us cry, sees us try to handle things on our own. Sees us gossiping, sees us hating, sees us turn from Him. God loves us so much! From the beginning of sin He has had a plan for us. But the human race just keeps turning from Him and thinks they can handle everything on their own. Has to make Him so tired. I'm sure He wishes we would see He's there for us!
 

Romans 5:7-11

The Message (MSG)

^6-8 Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
^9-11 Now that we are set right with God by means of this sacrificial death, the consummate blood sacrifice, there is no longer a question of being at odds with God in any way. If, when we were at our worst, we were put on friendly terms with God by the sacrificial death of his Son, now that we’re at our best, just think of how our lives will expand and deepen by means of his resurrection life! Now that we have actually received this amazing friendship with God, we are no longer content to simply say it in plodding prose. We sing and shout our praises to God through Jesus, the Messiah!

 

Easter is on it's way. The celebration of the completion of God's plan. Christ gave so much. Humbled himself and became human. Suffered more pain than we can even imagine. Was humiliated and forsaken! All for us, this human race, people who keep forgetting to turn to Him.

This Easter is even more special to the group I was with in Israel. We got to be in the area where Jesus suffered and died. but we were also where He left the grave and defeated death. Thinking of the amazement of this and the joy of this miracle takes the tired right out of you!

I have stopped and reminded myself that no matter what I have going on in my life, My God Loves Me, Christ gave all for me and I am not alone. As you are going through your day remember He Loves You Too! No need to go it on your own!!

Blessings!

What do You Mean, I Can't Go In?

Last night Rodney and I had to be tough. We were the door monitors for the band judging, at the middle school. Which means if a band was playing no one could get into the auditorium until that song was over. It was only fair to the band, that no distraction went on during their performance, as they were being judged from the moment they stepped onto the stage.

As it happened the whole competition was running about 15 minutes behind schedule, according to the program. So any late running parents had a bit of a break. We had a few sets of parents who were doing just that, but they were very late.  When they got to us their band was already playing. But the the plan was we couldn't open the door until the band finished that song. You could hear the band from outside the door. So it wasn't like they couldn't hear they just couldn't get in.

You would have thought that Rodney and I were the meanest people on the planet. We actually had two women start to cry. I thought one woman was going to hit Rodney. The rules of a plan can be a hard thing to follow and some of us think that rules are for the other guy and not us.

I think that is how Christianity is viewed by some people as well. Some want to think that just being good is their way into heaven. Some of us think that if we go to church that is our way in. Others of us think that we are just chosen, so the things that we do in this life don't really matter. We're already getting in. And like these parents last night, some of us think that if we have someone already in there we can just open the doors and walk in.

That is not what Christ said.....

John 14:6

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus is our door monitor into eternity with God the Father. We have to accept His way and believe in the message of Easter morning.... He died and rose again for us.

There will be some who think they can bypass this plan. But the belief that rules don't apply to all will leave them crying outside the door, just listening.

On a happy note... The family members who came in and let us hold the door open for them at the appointed times got to see their children play and hear some wonderful music. All ends well when a good plan comes together.


Blessings!