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I'm neither the author nor the finisher of my life nor my faith. He is.
He was right there at the beginning, and He will be right there at the end of the world.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and was and who is to come, the Almighty."
The Revelation of Jesus Christ 1: 8 NKJV.

Why do our problems increase in size as we grow older? Why do we encourage children to believe in their dreams when we have allowed ours to die?
As children, we would turn to our parents for comfort. As adults, we bury our wounds together with our troubled hearts and say, "That's life".
That is not life. That is a big fat lie from the devil himself! No matter how difficult life gets and how faint our hope is, we cannot make do with lesser.
Living is about believing that someday righteousness will overcome evil, someday our dreams will come true, someday we will rediscover true love.

We only have one lifetime. We cannot afford to merely exist and be dead in our spirit!
Our physical existence ceases when our lifespan is over, but our spirit which transcends the physical world lives on.
Why do Christians worship God? Why do we sing hymns and spiritual songs? Perhaps in the midst of worship, we encounter God.
And in the presence of God, there is love, joy and goodness. We catch a glimpse of heaven. We grasp a sense of God-reality. We see this life differently.

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.
God Himself will be with them and be their God. "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:1-4 NKJV.

Love our children, pray for them. Let them see God through our living, loving, talking, doing. Guide them in the way that they should go.
They will want a lot of things, but they will not need everything that they want. Living is hard. Leave them with something to live for.
God, love and the betterment of mankind.

Shalom,
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18/02/2008 12:25