I recently traveled to Florida, to attend my Sisters funeral. Once again it was one of those days where you have mixed emotions. On the one side, your saddened by the lost of a loved one. On the other hand, you get to meet up with friends, and family. In my case, I had not seen any of them in a few years. Often times at funerals. We all get to see, or hear some people say how they reflect on their own lives. I guess for some, it becomes an eye opener. a moment to consider their choices in life. and the consequences that follow. For christian folk; those that are born again. Grieve for their loved ones, and are saddened just like any one else. However; they celebrate the life of the deceased with a comfort knowing that their loved one is now in Gods loving arms. They are no longer suffering. They are in no pain. That they have won, " the good fight of faith". In our Bibles we read of how Jesus performed miracles. Healing the sick, and making the blind see. We also read about how He raised Lazarus from the dead. After His Crucifixion, Jesus himself rose from the dead. All of these things had to happen, because there was a purpose for those healed. No differently from the way we today are healed. In ways, we too could say " we once were blind, but now we can see"! Thank God! For His love and mercy, for I know that many of us have been liberated from certain death. Liberated from the bonds of sin. Completely set free from any and all addictions. The difference is not to just live like Christians, but strive to be born again Christians. Knowing and yielding to the reality, that when God comes into your life as Lord and Savior. He makes the adjustments in and around your life. He makes it possible so that you may serve him. He will remove the obstacles from your path of salvation. People, places and things. God will remove or place in your path to help you. God does not half step! People do. He doesnt half way heal you. He heals you. He does a complete renovation. All things are new. Living what may appear to you, or others what a christian life is, with out seeking His Divine will, with out being born again. Is the same as standing on line at a bus stop with out a ticket! Yes the bus will eventually arrive, and guess what? You won`t be on it! Salvation through Jesus Christ, and being born again is your ticket. Surrendering to God 100 % is the validation, the ticket to heaven. The end days are near. It is so important that we all take the time to reflect on our lives, and choose where is God, in our life. Jesus will be returning. He is coming for His people. No one knows when or what time. The obvious thing is to be prepared. We have heard it, all our lives. " God will come like a thief in the night". ( Mathew 24: 40) " Two men will be working in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left". (Mathew 24: 41) Two woman will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken, and the other left". Could you imagine yourself on a flight....be it business or pleasure. Suddenly you blink your eye, and half the people on the flight with you are no longer there? Could you imagine riding on a bus.......then suddenly, the driver disappears? What words would come out your mouth? "Oh God" or some thing else? Hey, this is not me judge-ing you. This is you, reading my thoughts. God is the judge and God alone. He ask that we love one another. There is an old Gospel song; [ Oh when the saints, oh when the saints, oh when the saints go marching in.....oh how I want, to be, in that number....oh when the saints come marching in.] One would say; that would be a glorious thing to see. I agree, but I would rather be in that number, looking down. As a saint, as a child of God. (1st Thessalonians 4:7 & 8 ) For God did not call us to beimpure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. May God bless you. Love always, Irving Serrano Sr.
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