I Love the Lord!!

I love the Lord, I love the life He has called me to live, it is through Him that I have experienced what freedom really is. Living the Christian life is not a life that is bound by rules and restrictions as some may think. It is striving daily to live a life that is pleasing to Him. A life of serving others, of dying to self and living a life full of purpose and meaning. A life of integrity, discipline, honor, joy and peace, taking inventory daily, trying to live on purpose. I choose to be like Him, I choose to be a Christian!!!

I think of it this way. If you have children, you have a set of rules, a guideline or a standard for them to live by. Why? It is for their protection because you love them. You give them boundaries because you know if they overstep those boundaries, they will suffer the consequences of their actions. The things that God told us not to do, the things He calls sin are things that He knows will hurt us. Those rules are what give us true freedom. It's hard to put being a Christian into so many words, this life is the most incredible life, I didn't know what life was until I gave my life to Him!! Jesus came to give us abundant life. I have that abundant life, I have peace in the midst of the storms of life. I may let something temporatily get my peace, but then as soon as I think about it for a moment, I remember God works everything out for good to those who love the Lord and who are called according to His purposes. He doesn't allow anything to happen to me that didn't cross his desk first and He knows what I can handle! Besides He never ever leaves me or forsakes me. He is always with me. I am not alone.