A Little Girl Lost |
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Jodi L . Easter Mobile , Alabama ms . pratt81 @ live . com |
A little girl lost , wondering through the trees , hoping that someone soon finds me , dealing with the hurt , living with the pain , walking around blindly , trying to mask the shame . At once I hear a beautiful voice , calling out my name , do I leave all of this insanity ? Do I follow the voice that keeps calling me ? Making that decision , to follow the voice |
within the trees , he pulled me out of the darkness , to see the beautiful sea , and feel the love of the angels as they wrap me in their arms , they lead me to my savior who will keep me safe from harm . He smiles ever so sweetly , and takes me by his side , and whispers I am no longer lost , that I ’ m with the most divine . Living the Christian life is not always easy , |
and there are times when you question many things , just know that through it all there is a lesson to be learned , that you are not alone and that Jesus is walking with you every step of the way . When times are hard and you feel you can no longer walk , he WILL carry you , all you have to do is listen for the sweet sound of his voice calling , and see the beauty that you will soon find when you follow it . |
Righteousness |
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Daniel Jacks Gadsden , Alabama Danieljacks464 @ gmail . com |
When you think of the word righteousness , what comes to mind ? Before I fully understood what the word righteousness meant I just figured it meant something along the way of higher authority or something greater .
Growing up in a small town Baptist church , I always felt like I had to be like the other members of the church . Dressing like them , doing the things they did , reading the bible like they did but something was always missing . I could never fully understand Christianity or feel what everyone else was feeling . Now that I look back on it I see where I went wrong although it might seem so obvious that I was trying build a relationship with Christ based
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upon trying to fit in . I was misleading by having a lack of knowledge , as do many still today . Continuing my study for eternity I gained the knowledge that was needed to know that your relationship with Christ is a personal relationship . It ’ s not a group relationship , it ’ s not something someone else can do for you , and it ’ s a decision you have to make .
Becoming a Christian I came to find out that the word Righteousness means “ right standing with God ”. Which would mean the unrighteous would be the sinners . Righteousness doesn ’ t mean you ’ re any better than anyone it doesn ’ t mean you can look down on people or that your any more worthy than anyone else it ’ s a gift from
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God . In fact the unrighteous is the whole reason Jesus died on the cross for us , the SINNERS . Mathew 9 ; 12-13 stats “ It ’ s not the Healthy that need a doctor but the sick , for I did not come for the righteous but the unrighteous .” Since we were all born into a world of sin we have all been unrighteous , and the only way to become righteous is threw our faith in the Lord . By doing of which an which we become righteous we may stand in front of God as if we have never sinned before ! |