What Would it Hurt?
2 Chronicles 7:14 - NIV
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. . if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
I hope we all go to Heaven together. I hope to see and be
with everyone I love, everyone I ever enjoyed, shared and taught with or
otherwise walked this life with here on earth. I look forward to spending
eternity with hundreds of people I love, people I know will be there with me,
and I grieve for those God has yet to convince; and sometimes I even chase them
a little, which I know is not my place, but God’s place; not my way, but His.
It’s only because I love them so . . . but none of us can change people. People have
to change themselves. Chasing only makes others run.
After a lifetime of personal discernment and study of
existence, people, this world and what it all means, I have faith in the one
true God. I believe:
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the Bible is a record of TRUTH,
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that Jesus Christ IS the Son of God,
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that though knowing Him, we will share all of eternity together
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happily free of the pain and suffering of this world,
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free of our egos,
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blissfully enjoying the people and activities we hold dear.
I trust Him.
I believe God holds all of existence in the universe and the
space in between
and that He has tried, as any cherishing parent, everything
He can think of to keep us happy and safe,
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but we keep messing up, so:
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He sent His SON to speak directly to us human face to human face,
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and finally, I believe God had to allow His SON to die in order to finally •
save us from OURSELVES.
This is what I believe. If those who do not believe gave
this a try . . . what would it hurt?
Beth Lively
May 4, 2013
