Love So Amazing!

DO YOU LOVE ME??

One day, I woke early in the morning to watch the sunrise. Ah! ... the beauty of God's creation is beyond description. As I watched, I praised God for His beautiful work. As I sat there, I felt the Lord's presence with me.

He asked me,

"Do you love me?" I answered, "Of course, God! You are my Lord and Saviour!"

Then He asked, "If you were physically handicapped, would you still love me?"

I was perplexed. I looked down upon my arms, legs and the rest of my body and wondered how many things I wouldn't be able to do and thought about the things that I take for granted.

I answered, "It would be tough Lord, but I would still

love You."

Then the Lord said, "If you were blind, would you still love my creation?"

How could I love something without being able to see it? Then I thought of all the blind people in the world and how many of them still loved God and His creation.

So I answered, "It's hard to think of it, but I would still love you."

The Lord then asked me, "If you were deaf, would you still listen to my word?"

How could I listen to anything being deaf? Then I understood. Listening to God's Word is not merely using our ears, but our hearts.

I answered, "It would be tough, but I would still listen to Your word."

The Lord then asked, "If you were mute, would you still praise My Name?"

How could I praise without a voice? Then it occurred to me, God wants us to sing from our very hearts and souls. It never matters what we sound like. And praising God is not always with a song, but when we are persecuted, we give God praise with our words of thanks.

So I answered, "Though I could not physically sing, I would still praise Your Name."

And the Lord asked, "Do you really love Me?"

With courage and a strong conviction, I answered boldly, "Yes Lord! I love You because You are the one and true God!"

I thought I had answered well, but God asked, "Then why do you sin?"

I answered, "Because I am only human. I am not perfect."

"Then why in times of peace do you stray the furthest? Why only in times of trouble do you pray the earnest?"

I had no answers ... only tears.

The Lord continued. "Why only sing at fellowships and retreats? Why seek Me only in times of worship? Why ask things so selfishly? Why ask things so unfaithfully?"

The tears continued to roll down my cheeks. "Why are you ashamed of Me? Why are you not spreading the good news? Why in times of persecution, you cry to others when I offer My shoulder to cry on? Why make excuses when I give you opportunities to serve in My Name?"

"You are blessed with life. I made you not to throw this gift away. I have blessed you with talents to serve Me, but you continue to turn away. I have revealed My Word to you, but you do not gain in knowledge. I have spoken to you but your ears were closed. I have shown My blessings to you, but your eyes were turned away. I have heard your prayers and I have answered them all. Do you truly love me?

I could not answer. How could I? I was embarrassed beyond belief. I had no excuse. What could I say to this? When my heart had cried out and the tears had flowed, I said, "Please forgive me Lord. I am unworthy to be Your child."

The Lord answered, "That is My Grace, My child."

I asked, "Then why do you continue to forgive me? Why do You love me so?"

The Lord answered, " Because you are My creation. You are my child. I will never abandon you. When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you. When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you. When you are down, I will encourage you. When you fall, I will raise you up. When you are tired, I will carry you. I will be with you until the end of days, and I will love you forever."

Never had I cried so hard before. How could I have been so cold? How could I have hurt God as I had done? I asked God, "How much do You love me?"

The Lord stretched out His arms, and I saw His nail-pierced hands. I bowed down at the feet of Christ, my Savior. And for the first time, I truly prayed.

- Author Unknown

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You Must Read This Before You Die!

*100 YEARS FROM NOW !!!*

100 years from now will be the year 2121.

By then, every single reader of this piece will be underground, our bodies having become part of the soil.

During that time, our fate in respect to paradise or hell would have been made known to us.

Meanwhile above the soil, our houses that were left behind would have become either homes for others or demolished for better structures. Our clothes would have become destroyed or rags for others and replaced by more recent trends; our cars will be on display as historical artifacts by others or recycled for more advanced technology.

But for us, we will be, for the most part, never thought about by anyone again.

Think of it, how often do you think about your great grandfather? Have you even ever heard about him? How often does your great grandmother cross your mind, if even you've ever heard of her ?

You see...!

Our presence here on earth today, that presence that we make so much noise about and shed so many tears for, was preceded by countless generations before us and shall be followed by countless generations after us.

Every generation that passes through this world barely finds the time to take a glance at the world, before needing to bid it farewell and handing over the baton, having not fulfilled even a fraction of their ambitions.

Our lives are, in reality, far shorter than we imagine.

If the average night's sleep is eight hours (i.e one third of a day), one sleeps for one third of one's life. If you live, say, 75 years, that's 25 years asleep, or 9,125 days.

What about eating? 4.5 years. That’s right, four and a half years of your life will be spent eating.

Whether daily grind or dream career, our jobs take up a lot of our time; 13 years on average, actually. That’s 24% of a typical working period of 50 years.

We often remember school as a huge part of our upbringing. A time that shaped and changed our childhood. In reality, we only spend around 334 days’ worth of our lives in primary and secondary school. That’s not even one year!

We spend around 8.3 years (3030 days) in front of the TV. That’s enough to watch 72,720 hour-long programs in a lifetime.

How many times a day do you look at your phone? Enough to spend about 3 years on social media. A third of young adults and half of 18-24-year-old's wake up to check their phone in the middle of the night.

Taking up an average of 1.3 years of our lives is exercise. That means we spend more than double the time on social media than we do feeling the burn. And we spend over 6 times as long watching the television and mobile phone.

We only spend around 368 days of our lives socializing. That’s 12 times less than we work.

Most of us will spend just over 3 years of our lives in different destinations than the ones we call home.

The average person spends 395 days in their life being romantic. Over one year of time used for flowers, candles, fancy meals and you-know-what!

We spend 235 days of our lives waiting in queues.

115 days are spent laughing.

Women spend 136 days getting ready while men only take 46.

As a Christian I do not know how many of us use the time we have left to pray and read the Bible and to meditate upon His Word to commune with God?

If we do not want to give at least a tenth of our time toward God and eternal things daily, why do we expect to go to heaven where only God resides to reign, in other words, God is the focus of all the activities which happens in heaven? Forget going to heaven, when you forget to commune with God now when you live on earth.

In 2121, every one of us will realize from within the grave just how worthless this world actually was, and how trivial those dreams were that we centered on. In 2121, every one of us will be wishing that we had dedicated our lives to great matters of God, doing His bid, and devoted ourselves to doing good deeds, particularly those that continue to benefit us after our death.

In 2121, some reading this piece will be screaming out, but in vain:

“Lord return me! Give me another chance, so that I may have another opportunity to live for you .

The response to this request, however, shall be:

“No! and behind them is now a barrier until that Great Day.

In 2121, many will be in regret, saying:

“I wish that I had prepared for life after my journey on earth.

Let us reappraise ourselves, for surely what happened to those we talk of, heard of and read of will surely happen to us. Let us take advantage of today while it is called TODAY.

Tomorrow is not yours until it comes. And keeping our faith in God is the ONLY way out.

I hereby humbly appeal to everyone who is touched by this message to use this opportunity to share this important message to your contacts as part of your personal preaching.

And live your life on this planet earth wisely.

"6 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well. 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it." (Eccl 12:6-7).


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