There are many points in the Bible about which there is a lack of understanding or acceptance among nonbelievers and believers alike. One point is the Sabbath. What is the meaning and purpose of the Sabbath? Is the Sabbath Saturday or Sunday, or is it any day that one chooses to rest on? Is the Sabbath relevant today? What is the actual seventh day of the week?
Paul says in Romans 3:28, "For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]." This causes many problems for religious people because religion teaches that God moves in our lives in proportion to our performance.
All of us want good things to happen in our lives. Oftentimes, we don't want to wait for it, we want it now. For some of us, that includes a spouse. When it doesn't happen when we want it to, we are tempted to ask, "When, God, when?" or we get frustrated and give up. I know how difficult it can be to wait on God's timing. Right now, I am waiting on God for several things that are important to me.
Today as I sought God on what to pray about and meditate on I had no clue until I received a phone call from a loved one. Immediately after I hung up, I heard the words, "God Breaks Cycles."
In June 2008 I had a dream of a man riding a horse running through the land blowing a trumpet and announcing ― revival in the land, revival in the land, revival in the land! You've probably heard the story of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, where he went running through the streets shouting ― the British are coming, the British are coming. Well, that is how it sounded.
God never ceases to amaze with how He loves us.... Needless to say I was having a tough time accepting Eboni's leaving. Although I know that she is with the Lord, I was missing my child and just being a mom I needed to know for myself that my baby was okay. God obliged my request and on March 15, 2014, God comforted and gave me a dream of my daughter Eboni.
The pain of losing a child is indescribable. It is the grief that keeps on grieving. I’ve been through some tough times, but I never imagined the rollercoaster of emotions that comes with the loss of a child. Probably because I never imagined that a child of mine would leave before me.
At the time when I originally wrote this, both my sons were in the military and were often overseas at the same time. They were always stationed so far away, and I had been praying for them to move closer to God and closer to home.
What happens when we die? Is hell real? Is heaven real? Does life continue after death? Different teachings offer different answers to these questions. You may have heard stories of people who say they died and went to heaven or hell, but you didn’t believe them.
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