Because I Love You!
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I'm not someone who talks a lot and says what I feel or think...but when I do, I hope people listen because I feel what I do say is important. The last couple of weeks, I have had a thought come into my mind, but I keep pushing it away thinking that if I really need to do this I will truly know it. Every day this thought keep recurring to me and after what I heard today in the news, I felt I need to do this. I ask you to please read all of this. I know a lot of you that may read this don't share my faith and I have never pushed you into believing as I do because I wanted you to respect me and not be offended....but I am willing to risk my friendship with you right now to let you know what I need to tell you. Please don't stop reading this. It is very important to me for you to read this.
I truly believe with ALL my heart that Jesus is coming soon.....sooner than we all think He is. I have been really concerned about fears I have had for my children. Those fears are resolved, even though Satan does try to stir me up about it at times...........but I need to tell you all too about Jesus because I want to make sure you go to Heaven with me too!
I know it is hard for some of you to believe in something you cannot see........but if you trust me and have respect for me believe me when I say Jesus is real!! He is more real to me than anything in this world. I believe with all my heart, soul and mind that He did come to this earth, lived among us, died to save us and is living in my heart! I want you all to believe this too! Please do try to seek Him out and have Him to help you to see He is real too! He will if you ask Him!
When you have assurance that what I say is true, please consider the following things. You cannot get to Heaven and receive salvation from sin unless you do the following. Please do not stop reading! Please!
In the Bible (I am using the New Living Translation), there are verses to help us know our need for God. The first verse is Romans 3:23. It says For all have sinned; all fall short of God's standard. This pretty much says we all are not perfect. No one is perfect. You can do lots of good things and say a lot of nice things, but we all still do bad things whether we admit it or not. I've been accused many times of being a Miss Goody Two-Shoes, but I am here to say I AM NOT! I try to be good and kind because I want people to see Jesus in me, but in my mind I am a terrible person. I know I cannot get into Heaven based on my kindness or whatever deed I do.....and neither can you. In God's eyes, sin is all the same.....whether we think bad things or go out and kill someone. It is all the same. According to Romans 6:23 the wages of sin is death....if we do not ask God to forgive us we will be separated from Him forever. You are probably thinking "so what? What do I need with God". You need Him more than you think. God gave us life and even if we don't care one iota for Him, He cares for you so much. He cares for us even though we treat Him like crap....and we do. I treat Him that way...but yet He still loves me and I can't imagine.......I don't want to imagine....being without Him.
Well, what can we do? Our world lives like we can do all things on our own.....so what can we do to get God's acceptance of us? In Titus 3:5 the Bible says He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit. Then Romans 5:8 says But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. God sent Jesus to come to us to die for us on the cross. Jesus had the opportunity to not do it, but He did. I often wonder why did He have to die. But if you think of it.....would you die for someone who did something bad in their place? I might for my children, but I certainly wouldn't for you or anyone else....but Jesus did! It was the ultimate sacrifice. Is there any more of a way to show your love for someone? I think not at all. Because of His death, He took our penalty of sin so we would not have to suffer it.......but we have to accept that He did this. If we don't, we will take the penalty ourselves. We will be sent to Hell. I know a lot of people say "If God loves us why would He send us to Hell?" God is giving us a choice. If He made you follow Him, would you respect Him? Remember when you were a child....when your parents told you to do something and disciplined you, did you think "Gee! Thanks Mom and Dad! I'm so glad you are making me do this even though I'd rather do something else!" NO! Of course not! God doesn't want to force us to do something either. He wants you to love him and know how much He cares for you but He isn't going to force you to love Him. All you need to do is what John 1:12 says....But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God. John 3:16 says it all....For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
If you want to become one of God's own, just say this little prayer or one of your own. All you need to do is tell God you are a sinner and need His forgiveness and that you want Him in your life. This prayer will guide you if you need help:
Dear Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and I need you in my life. Please forgive me of all I have done and please be the Lord of my life. Thank you for coming to earth and dying for me. Thank you for being my Saviour! Amen!
If you didn't pray this, I beg of you to please consider it before it is too late. I love you very much and want you to be in Heaven with me. Please if you have questions, go to another Christian you respect or email me (see link to right) and we will most certainly help you!
Thank you for reading this and please take this seriously. I love you too much not to say anything.
Once again I have managed to get behind on my blogging so I'm going to play catch up here for the next few posts. Nathan is back in swing in school again. He is a big ol' second grader. He is doing very well. The first week of school he actually won his class spelling bee! Math is a challenge for him but he is picking up on it well. Below are pics from the first day back.
Once again, God has also blessed us with another Christian teacher. It sure does make things easier for this ol' Momma.
Today we went back to Fort Clinch to visit the actual fort since it was closed when we biked through there earlier in the week. It was really neat to see! It was used during the Civil War.
There were these openings all around the fort. It was used to shoot out of.
The fort was right on the beach
There were neat passageways throughout the whole fort.
One of the kitchen areas....
The wash room.....
This sign was the the kitchen.....
They even had a general store with food, candy and supplies....
....as well as a jail.....
Nathan and Natalee bought some souvenirs at the fort: A Confederate hat and a bonnet. Nathan also bought some military figures and a cannon to play with that were made from metal.
Last night on the beach.....Natalee wasted no time playing in the sand. It was all over her, even in her ears.....
Goodbye Ameila Island!! We had a great visit!!
Today I had the most fun I think I've ever had at the beach. We thought we'd try a tube instead of a board to ride the waves and boy it was so much fun!!! It was like riding the Hiwassee River. I laughed and laughed! Tripp had fun watching me getting airborne out of the tube with the "Darth Vader" waves (Nathan's name for the BIG waves). There was quite a few big waves while we were there from all the storms that were moving inland. Luckily we only got caught in one rainshower that wasn't too bad.
Natalee was a beach bum today
Today we decided to check out the historic downtown area of Ameila Island. We came upon a boat dock first and saw lots of boats.
We even came across a shark (not a real one though ha ha)
Downtown was really neat! Lots of old buildings turned into shops.
Natalee loved this store...a clothing store. She said "Momma!! It's beautiful!!" She is going to be BIG trouble for her Daddy and his credit card one day. LOL.
That evening we headed back to the beach to search for shells. Nathan absolutely loves the water!
The Ferdinand Beach Lifeguards!
Yay! It is vacation time! I have longed for this day! Saturday afternoon we left and traveled half way down to Amelia Island, Florida. Then this morning, we drove the rest of the way down. Except for the kiddos fighting pretty much the whole way down (they are lucky they are not in Chattanooga. I threatened to leave them there), the ride down was nice. The GPS took us down back roads the whole way and it was neat seeing the farms and different landscapes besides interstate after interstate. We arrived here around 1PM. We were able to check in our rental early and it is such a nice place....by way the best rental we have stayed in in my opinion. It is right on the beach and it is very nice and clean. Very affordable too! If you ever travel down this way, check it out. Search for Sea Nook on Amelia Island.
Here are a couple of pics for our first evening here. Looking forward to tomorrow. Not sure if we will beach it all day or do some biking yet.....but will post some pics for sure for you.
First visit to the beach! It is nice. There is even lifeguards, which I like. This beach is known for shark teeth washing up on the beach. I'm not 100% sure but we think we found one already. We kept it just in case.
This is the rental we are staying at. We are on the first floor. It has a full kitchen, nice comfy memory form bed (I can't wait to try it tonight!!), washer/dryer and a full bath. Very nice place!
Being silly. Boy they were excited to see that ocean! But it was cold!!!
Natalee is more open to the beach and ocean this year. Last year she was terrified of it. This year she kept saying "I like the beach!! I like the beach!" She even stuck her feet in the water without screaming. LOL
