This blog is meant to encourage and to remind anyone about the unconditional love that our Abba Father in heaven has for us. The things you see here, may they be expressed by my own writings and drawings, or by articles and words from different preachers, are only of one purpose: to remind you, beloved, that you are precious and deeply loved in the eyes of the Everlasting God, and that it is His desire to make you whole again in His Son Jesus Christ.I firmly believe that He wants you to know that. He has done everything for you.
sincerely, a beloved of Christ Jesus
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Defined by Grace
By Max Lucado
Christ…raised us up together…that…He might show the exceeding riches of His grace. –Ephesians 2: 5-6
Grace defines you. As grace sinks in, earthly labels fade. Society labels you like a can on an assembly line. Stupid. Unproductive. Slow learner. Fast talker. Quitter. Cheapskate. But as grace infiltrates, criticism disintegrates. You know you aren’t who they say you are. You are who God says you are. Spiritually alive. Heavenly positioned. Connected to the Father. A billboard of mercy. An honored child.
Of course, not all labels are negative. Some people regard you as handsome, clever, successful, or efficient. But even a White House office doesn’t compare with being “seated with him in the heavenly realms” (Eph. 2: 6, NLT). Grace creates the Christian’s rèsumè.
More of Him
by Max Lucado
When Christ is great–our fears are not! A big God translates into big courage. A small view of God generates no courage. A limp, puny, fireless Jesus has no power over cancer cells, corruption, identity theft, stock-market crashes, or global calamity.
A packageable, portable Jesus might fit well in a purse or on a shelf, but he does nothing for your fears. In the book Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis, the character Lucy sees Aslan, the lion, for the first time in many years. He’s changed.
“Aslan,” she says, “you’re bigger.”
“That’s because you are older, little one,” he answers.
“Not because you are?”
“I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”
And so it is with Christ. The longer we live in him, the greater he becomes in us. It’s not that he changes, but that we do. We see more of him!
Today. This day. In the stink of it, the throes of it, Jesus makes a miracle out of it.
