Thursday, January 29, 2009
As I drove around in my car in the beautiful Saturday afternoon sunshine, I cried because my dear old Dad wasn't with me, reading the signs and enjoying the sights and God's creation. I really missed him! I know I'll see him in heaven though (my Mom too) because they knew Jesus Christ in a personal way, loved Him, believed on His Name and the Father's forgiveness of their sins through the shedding of blood, death, and resurrection of His only Son. It's called the gift of faith and my parents were favored to receive this free gift from God, totally undeserved, through no works of their own, and full of God's Grace and Mercy. It's all about Jesus Christ. What a glorious day that will be when I see Jesus and join them for eternity in Paradise, along with everyone else in the history of mankind who has been given the gift of Faith in Jesus Christ. For His Word says: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithâand this not from yourselves, it is the gift of Godânot by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2: 8-10. My Hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' Blood and Righteousness. To God be All the Glory forever!