Interesting Day

Today was incredibly productive, compared to the past couple days. Sad thing is... it needs to have been more productive, but that's okay. If I can repeat it tomorrow I should be in good or excellent shape.

Powerful Question I read today:
So here is a question for you: When you picture Jesus reaching his hands out to you, do you see stone tablets or nail holes?

Powerful excerpts from an article I read as well:
It is undeserved mercy, as indeed all true mercy must be, for deserved mercy is only a misnomer for justice. There was no right on the sinner’s part to receive the kind consideration of the Most High. Had the rebel been doomed at once to eternal fire, he would have richly merited the doom, and if delivered from wrath, sovereign love alone has found a cause, for there was none in the sinner himself.

It is unfailing mercy. It will never leave you. If mercy is your friend, mercy will be with you in temptation to keep you from yielding, with you in trouble to prevent you from sinking, with you living to be the light and life of your countenance, and with you dying to be the joy of your soul when earthly comfort is ebbing fast.


PIJ also talked about a similar message today, speaking from Luke 23:32-43. He was on point, thanks be to God lol. Two things that stuck out to me:
1) Those criminals had been condemned by the world. No one wanted them in the slightest. Everyone wanted them gone, and as such they were going to die upon the Cross. And that is what execution in, abandonment by the world to where they prefer you dead.
2) The criminal who called out to Jesus had a life full of crimes, and he had no opportunity to do good. He was about to die. No opportunity to do any of the "Christian" things. Yet God said to him you will be in Heaven.

All these quotes and PIJ's message... flowed man. Actually reverse order lol, I listened to PIJ first then read the articles, but order isn't that important. But ya... reminders of the Cross.

Even in the past couple days, I was reminded of my faults and failures once again. I'm reminded how we must struggle to die to ourselves, and part of me wants to give up I can't lie. But part of me comes back to the Cross and says here I am. You are all I want and need. And that's all I can do. I can't serve my way in to salvation. I can't do anything right. Only God can.

Also a note fell out of my Bible today 2 Corinthians 3:17-18.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Now I don't support random verses and stuff... but this goes along with something I've been reminded of as well. How the Spirit needs to work...

I've got so much growing to do. So much in me needs to be reworked. So much of me is unfit for anything o anyone. But God... still wants me. And that's all I can rely. I really can't understand how atheists operate. If I didn't have Christ... I wouldn't have anything in my life.

Random side note. Went to clemons today... lol. Been a while. Still sucks to study there, but it was nice seeing people. I might try to do it randomly again, not when I have this much work though haha. Good night world, there's much I need to write out to rethink but another night.






Actually, second side note. I lost my evernote account... sigh. I accidentally typed in my email address wrong when I signed up, and I had to relog in but forgot my password and lost everything o.O. So frustrating cause some of it was personal and good and stuff... oh well. Technology 0, journals 1 haha.