Freewill has been given to us, & will never be revoked. It’s OUR LIVES, & God will not stand in the way. We MAY choose hell, it’s one of our options. This is my biggest struggle with God: Why, Jesus, do You allow us to crash our lives & choose devastation, for ourselves & for others? Since our freedom is not limited unless we are imprisoned. If we do not keep ourselves in check, the law may be forced to. This is a tough one, & requires self mastery. The enormity of freewill. Based on this we can make one hell of a mess, or we can spare ourselves the agony. :)
don't wreck your choice
We’ve been given free will, God will never take it from us. Why do I feel so vulnerable with that? Because I can really wreck things! This is where Faith comes in. What / Who do I place my trust in? My ability to sin / God’s ability to save, even before I mess up? Aha… I don’t need to have messed up before He saves me? No. Messing up is optional. I don’t always GET this. Do I trust that He WANTS to … or is it a case of ME not wanting to be saved? …from the pit? Do I LIKE the pit? No, but I like to be free to make the choice. The CHOICE is yours, the choice is mine. Do not be afraid. We always get to choose. No questions asked. We have authority over our choices. There is no power struggle from God. He placed choice in our hands & the ball in OUR court. Believe the good news. This way, when we choose Good, it is real. We have won a victory over death & destruction.
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God will not bar our way to hell, nor will He chase us into heaven’s gates. He enlightens our minds so we may know good from evil, then stands back & allows us freedom of choice. He even helps us by Redeeming poor choice when we give it to Him to do so! But he will never impede our ability to choose a lie over truth.
I feel Life really begun for me, then… when I chose His Way. I thought it was going to be boring! It’s not what I feared, …it was Heaven! When I began to trust that His way lead to Life, :) My life became so much more interesting. It just seemed to sparkle! Looking back it’s as though my existence B.C. ( B4 Christ) was in dull tones of Grey, that suddenly burst into full bloom with dazzling hues as He entered my time & space with His Mercy & Majesty ! It was glorious! O the wonders that await in His Arms, where you smile much & Love exceedingly. The choice is ours.
There is a way that leads to destruction & a way that leads to life.
What’s YOUR CHOICE ?
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I am certain, Jojo, you know how blessed we are to be so overflowing with love for HIM, His Church, started for us – and then, to have him put us together as friends! I want to cherish this ’til my life’s end. I look at my mail, see your name and I hear Heaven’s doorbell ringing. GOD’s Morning to you, dear friend. GOD’s Day to you! Somewhere I have my Fisherman story – but I love what you have done with this! You have taken it out to sea! and to see! Swim out and See! Love you, Terry
Terry, you are Gorgeous! Thank you! … I deleted the Fisherman story & wrote this one on top of it … before I found your comment! I felt in the night, it hadn’t been any good! So got to work first thing to get rid of it! Bless you, you made my day! But I saved your quote to use in a re-draft! Would love to meet you for real & give you a huge hug! … & be hugged in return!
(sigh)… In Heaven… Love you too! Jojo
I loved this one – and I took some time to get back. It is evening here – well only 5:30 PM but I need to check the time there again ahhhh 2:30 AM – shhh hush, hush, whisper who dares, Christopher Robin is saying his prayers. You know that one, of course?
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
“God bless Mommy, I know that’s right,
And wasn’t it fun in the bath tonight,
The cold’s so cold and the hot’s so hot.
God bless Daddy, I quite forgot.
If I open my eyes just a little bit more
I can see Nanny’s dressing-gown on the door;
It’s a beautiful blue but it hasn’t got a hood,
God bless Nanny and make her good.
Mine has a hood and I lie in bed
And I pull the hood right over my head,
And I shut my eyes and I curl up small
And nobody knows that I’m there at all.
Thank you God, for a lovely day,
And what was the other I wanted to say?
I said, `Bless Daddy’, so what could it be?
Now I remember: God bless me”.
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
Yes and I like what you wrote about Heaven and Hell – and God’s Will or ours – I think Free Will is greatly over-rated as we need it just long enough to see we don’t want it so we can run to the Father for His Will – after all, even Jesus in the garden did not want his own Free Will – He wanted the Father’s Will to be done. I even sometimes journal and surely tell Ralston that I don’t want my own will at all anymore. Take my hand and lead me to where the Father wants me.
And I love your art work here! See you on the morrow, dear friend! See you on the morrow.
You’re an awesome lady! First: Christopher Robin … isn’t it lovely? Memories of my Mum quoting this
I’m glad you’re MY friend Terry Fenwick! Thanks….
… & THEN, such inspiring stuff about giving up our free will & choosing God’s Will … PURE HEAVEN!
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The Artwork? …the photo of the Shipwreck maybe? This wreck is just down the beach from our house, about 200m it’s rather haunting, isn’t it? I like it, as a powerful meditation.
i really loved this. It was like my thoughts put to words.