Friday, February 4, 2011

Jesus Loves Me, This I Know.

So as I was cleaning out the closet today, I came across a letter from my DTS last year. The words are in my handwriting but it was a word from the Lord. I'll share it now...

"Look upon all the injustice, the injustice within the injustice. Does it ever end?
Where do you start?
You start with ME. For I am the Lord and Sovereign still.
I choose who I will use and YOU are not forgotten. Be still, listen to MY voice. This is where you will find me leading you. I am your guide.
My child, I love you. I will not let you be harmed, though sometimes you may be scared. For you are of Me, not of this world. Let no man be the judge of your heart for I know you love Me.
Never forget my sacrifice. Is that not proof that I have saved you from the greatest harm that could come to you? What then are these tings you worry over? It is just like a little stub of your toe.
Always remember my sacrifice because it is proof that I love you more than my own life.
I love you."

I don't actually remember this letter and I don't know if I even shared it with anyone. I do know that it speaks to my innermost part though.
One of the biggest things I hate about this world is injustice. I can't stand it. It makes me sick. You may think, "What did that first little bit have to do with the rest of the letter?" Ya, I thought that at first too...
But it has everything to do with the rest of the letter. The only solution to curing injustice is by Jesus' love, the love that led Him to the cross. The pure, raw love that He holds for all of creation. Is it any wonder, then, why there is so much injustice in this world? I may be out of line here, but I don't think most people truly understand that concept of love, let alone put it into action.
And the reason is probably because they don't see the depth of the sacrifice. When Jesus died, he bore the sins of the world. It wasn't just a sacrifice, that would be too easy. I'm sure alot of you would shove a loved one out of the way of some oncoming traffic. Truth is, it's instinct. But how 'bout this. Let's use Hitler as an example 'cause he's a well known "bad guy". What if you lived a perfect life and then had to take responsibility of every single thing that Hitler was responsible for. Would you ever do that willingly so that he could live a glorious life? I wouldn't. Honestly, how many of you would? Here's another example, at work there's this one guy who doesn't do anything. It makes me pretty mad, because I, along with the other few people there, have to pick up his slack while he doesn't get so much as a talking to.
But Jesus, he is just incredible. He not only took care of all my sins, and took the full weight of them, but also of every other single person in the world. Right now there are an estimated 6,897,700,000 people alive on the earth. (At least that's what Wikipedia told me.) That's alot right? Well multiply that by however many times each person has sinned. Now think about how many people lived for the 2,000 years before now and multiply that number. And of course there are the future generations...
Have you ever done something bad, and you just felt so awful about it...
Just imagine how Jesus felt. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say it's impossible to fathom.
Let's keep moving or I'll go off on all sorts of rabbit trails.... haha
So now I know where to start with the injustice. We have to get to the heart of God, we have to experience it and share it. Everything else follows.
In the letter, He says He chooses who He will use. He has chosen me! That is an honor, I know it's hard to think of it that way because every other child of God has a purpose and a job from God. But He chooses you specifically to do a job that noone else can do. Only you are fit for the job God has for you. There can't be ball hogs on God's court.
And please don't ever forget that God has created you for something epic. I forgot that once, my whole life fell apart. Even if you don't know what it is, just know that He loves you and He's whispering into your ear how much He loves you and has great things planned for you. You just need to listen.
I'm going to finish this up in a second post as I have more to say than I originally thought. I appreciate your time for reading and any comments are completely welcome!

2 comments:

  1. You should take a Children at Risk School. If you hate injustice this school is for you. Honestly it's been showing me how to get off my butt and do something about it. You're awesome Lydia. I suggest you look into it. There's one in July in Costa Rica. Just saying.
    Love and miss you!

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  2. Ooooh! Sounds good...I think I'll look into it. :)

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