Have You Ever...?

           Have you ever had one of those days, when nothing seems to go right? When you lost your homework, failed a test, got a flat tire on the way to work, and then had a project worth 50% of your grade due the next day? Today was on of those days for me. We get out of school on May 26, but today was my last day because I don't have to take final exams, but I got yelled at my three teachers for not coming tomarrow, then, everyone that goes to my school had to sit in the hallway of the high sschool for 1 1/2 during a severe weather warning while the power was out. There was no service, and everyone was screaming like madmen. The entire time I was thinking, " God, if you're listening, give me a sign that my family is ok. Let my family begin to flourish again, again, and help me forget my anger." Then, I got home and all I could think was, " If you love me so much, why do my family and I have to struggle to stay ahead? Why is my life in such turmoil? Why don't my parents love each other like they used to? Why do I have to be caught in the middle of all of this?" All I could do was complain to God and tell Him waht I wanted. I never even stopped to listen to what He wanted. It got me thinking... why do we always tell Him what we want or need, but never do what he commands?

           The Bible says we all have a sinful nature. That we were born that way, but it also says that we have to turn from our sins and repent from them. In Hebrews 5: 8-9, it is stated, " Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternalm salvation to all who obey Him."

           This verse very simply means that God is perfect. He is the only one who is that way. And in order to be eternally alive, we must turn from our sins and give them to God so that they will be forgiven.

          Won't you repent and turn from your sins? Wouldn't you rather spend an eternity in Paradise than burning forever in the dry, horrible wastland of Hell? Accept Him as your Savior and you will be assured a place in that Paradise, Heaven!