Love, Faith & Patience

Anything can be overcome with Love, Faith, and Patience. All three go hand in hand and struggle without each other. At any point in your life if you wanted to make a change, if you wanted turn things around, or get things back on track then Love, Faith and Patience is what you need.

Love is the most powerful force on the planet. Love is a common attribute that we can share with our creator. God’s love for us is so powerful that he sent his only son to die on the cross so that he may forgive us, sinners, people who are not worthy, people who are inherently wrong, people who are prone to make mistakes and transgress against him. God’s love is unmatched in that it is nearly infinite; he always makes a way, and never gives up on us, even when we sometimes give up on him. That being said it is the love that drives us and our lives, our love for our families, our love of God that makes us do the right thing, even our love of ourselves, our morals, who we are and want to be that makes us strive in the right direction. When love is focused it can have great results, it can make you the best at anything from music, to sports, or it can make you the best person in the world to someone. Focus your love, your passion, your drive, and you can achieve many things however, love needs its partners.

Faith is equally important with love; I believe God has faith in every person, no matter how far they have erred to make their way back onto the righteous path. Without faith many things are not worth your efforts. How can one achieve anything, or succeed if they do not believe it is possible? How many games will a team win if nobody on it thinks winning is possible? How far can one go if they don’t believe there is a glimmer of hope? Your attitude is so important in so many ways that simply believing in yourself can make all the difference. If you believe or have faith that you can accomplish something, then you are on the right track so long as you have the love and their binding factor, patience.
Patience is rooted in love and faith, if your love a child or a person you will have patience for them, also if you have faith that they will get it together or get it right then your patience will grow. God’s patience is incredible because for every person on this planet he will wait up to their entire lifetime so that they may find him. As with God or anything else in life, things may not come when you want them to. You must be able to endure the hardships, endure the fact that things will get better before they get worse, and have the patience to withstand it all without losing love, or faith, because without them you will lose your patience.

If one can focus their love, stand on their faith and use both to strengthen their patience, then they are truly limitless in what they accomplish. Whether you are Michael Jordan or Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein or even Barack Obama, the only way they could be who they are, as good as they are, and accomplish what they did is by using these three powers. By having Love for what they did and their purpose, by having faith that they could achieve what they wanted, and having the patience to endure until they were there, they like many others accomplished great things. So if you have a goal, or know that you can do better or need to make a change, then find your love, faith and patience and give them your all.

My First Bible

It’s amazing when one thinks of the things we buy when we get our money. Before payday hits we already know what needs to be bought and what bills we have to pay. For those of us who are Christians and who believe in Jesus Christ as our lord and savior, how many of us have bibles? And before you say of course I have one, how many of you have taken the time and money to go buy your own?

I had an old bible that I got from home; I’m not sure who bought it or where it came from. Now the most important things is having one, I’m not knocking anyone for having a bible they didn’t buy, but let’s think about that thought for a bit. The bible is god’s Holy word, our study guide for the tests of life, and the most important thing one can have in this world. Would you wear someone else’s clothes? Or shoes, or use anyone else’s hand me downs when you can buy your own? (Not knocking that either I been there) I found it funny that I realized that for all the things I buy and have bought that I did not own my own bible. So Today I went to a store and bought my first bible.

I am a saved man, and I try to be a man of Christ. That doesn’t mean I’m perfect, or try to be, it means I know and understand what god has done for me, and I do my best to be good in his eyes, even though I stray. For those of you who know me and have either never had a clue I was, or wouldn’t get that impression can understand. I am saved, yet I am like everyone else in the world, I live my life on my own terms, even when they conflict with what I know God wouldn’t approve of. I try my best, I don’t drink or do things that are normally considered wrong, and I try to be a “good guy”. However I still have fun and go to parties, dance, and things like that. I am just a normal college student.

I write this to all those out there who are lost or are struggling, even backslidden in the ways of the lord. Living for God isn’t about being perfect, not about trying to act “Holy”, but it’s about knowing and believing in him and his word for what it is the truth given from God. Also doing your best to live in his ways and minimize your transgressions against him, our sins. God knew that we as humans would fall short of his high expectations, which is why he sent his son to come and die for our sins.

Part of the problem that faces the image of the church and Christianity today are those people who you see chastising others for sinning when they are sinners themselves. Others look at them and see hypocrites, and are turned away from the word ad knowing God. That is my fear, that when I speak to someone they call me on the things I do and are turned away. That is why I am often not vocal. I still speak about the lord when I see that he is in need in someone’s life, but I am no walking street pastor.

The bottom line is for those of your out there who read this to know God, you don’t have to be perfect, he will take you as is. And for those who know him but know your relationship isn’t that strong, try seeing where you can make sacrifices for him, to improve your relationship. I turn 21 this year, and I have decided it’s time to grow up and fix those transgressions that I know I can. I will still have faults, I’m going to still sin and fall short, but I can do better from this moment forward. Many of us can do better, so ask yourself when you will take those steps. Nobody knows when our time on this earth will be up? So when you meet God on your judgment day will you be able to tell him you did your best? And lay the sins you have committed on the cross of Christ?

You who might be reading this who doesn’t know Jesus Christ as your lord and savior can take him right now, as you are. Welcome him into your life and heart, believe in him, and allow him to work on your life and change it forever. And for those of us who do know him but know we can do better, let’s make a decision to do better. I might not be in a church every Sunday morning, I might have earrings and listen to secular music, and engage in a long list of things I know god wouldn’t approve of; However I will begin to make my list shorter, so I will know in my heart that I did my best, and that’s all God really asks of us.