“Why I love religion, and Jesus.”
As for religion, I love it. I have it because Jesus rose from the death and won. I believe that when Jesus said, ‘It is finished,’ His religion had just begun.
It’s great to love church, but why do so many people have so much pride for their churches? That still doesn’t make sense to me. Who cares about church…as long as you’re following Christ in 50 years, that’s all that matters.
Don’t get me wrong, church is a great place, and I love being there, but having so much pride for church doesn’t sit well with me.
If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking? Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees. But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope? Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
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| — | Job 4:2-7 |
‘Do not worry’
Finally going back to Ithaca tomorrow, and today is the last day at home but I’m stuck inside because of all the snow but I guess that’s alright because I just want to bum around the house and watch television and whatnot. I finished all my packing, so that’s exciting! Hmm, so many mixed feelings but I guess I’m just honestly scared to see what God has in store for me this semester. These past 2 months, I’ve had so much trouble trying to understand what He wants for me, and I’m so scared for the future. I REALLY want to give Him everything and leave everything up to Him, but why is it so hard to do so? Every single day I worry about so much, but Matthew 6:25-26 states, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” So, why can’t I just trust Him that EVERYTHING will be alright, “He will not let the righteous fall (Psalms 55)” and He says, “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, ‘Do not fear; I will help you’” (Isaiah 41). Knowing all these facts, why is it so hard for me to not go a day without worrying? I should be so thankful and blessed that I know I have a God who will take care of my every need, and I accept that and I WANT to give Him my everything, I do…but why do I continue to worry every single day of my life.
