Emphasizing the Reality of this...
I posted this a few months back, but in the past week or so, I've had my heart break over it again. Take this in, let it sink and seep inside your heart, and follow through with it. Don't let another day pass you by...
"I had a realization just now, a mere 15 minutes after I posted that last one. I hung out with some friends the other night that I don't normally chill with or haven't chilled with in a while and I thought about something seriously overlooked but completely crucial...
They know and are cool with the fact that I follow Christ and don't drink/"party it up"; they have no problem with that. Do I view them in the same light, though? Am I cool with them being the way they are; them being lost? Have I fallen into the lie that the world tries to mask from me so that I will overlook it? Do I not have a problem with them being the way they are, just how they don't with me being how I am? Have I become content with their eternity?"
There is one main person on my heart, and he doesn't have one of these, nor read this I don't think, so please please keep him in your prayers. His name is Jimmy, and he is a very close friend of mine. He is lost, but I say this as a term of endearment, not a condemnation; He is missed, he is being sought after, he is without the one who desires him. He's my brother and I love him...please pray for him with me as I am. Your encouragements inspire me. I pray and plead that you will run with this and not let another one or even 30 weeks pass you by. Don't be content with their eternity apart from him any longer.
They're all living on the cruise ship; divulging themselves in the luxury of selfishness, blind to the reality of the great battle going on around them. The ropes are there, though, to swing across and hop on board the battleship; to join in the victorious battle fought daily with angels and saints alike. Those ropes...Christ. Don't let them drown on the sinking ship, show them the rope...
~Stay Strong~ love.
"I had a realization just now, a mere 15 minutes after I posted that last one. I hung out with some friends the other night that I don't normally chill with or haven't chilled with in a while and I thought about something seriously overlooked but completely crucial...
They know and are cool with the fact that I follow Christ and don't drink/"party it up"; they have no problem with that. Do I view them in the same light, though? Am I cool with them being the way they are; them being lost? Have I fallen into the lie that the world tries to mask from me so that I will overlook it? Do I not have a problem with them being the way they are, just how they don't with me being how I am? Have I become content with their eternity?"
There is one main person on my heart, and he doesn't have one of these, nor read this I don't think, so please please keep him in your prayers. His name is Jimmy, and he is a very close friend of mine. He is lost, but I say this as a term of endearment, not a condemnation; He is missed, he is being sought after, he is without the one who desires him. He's my brother and I love him...please pray for him with me as I am. Your encouragements inspire me. I pray and plead that you will run with this and not let another one or even 30 weeks pass you by. Don't be content with their eternity apart from him any longer.
They're all living on the cruise ship; divulging themselves in the luxury of selfishness, blind to the reality of the great battle going on around them. The ropes are there, though, to swing across and hop on board the battleship; to join in the victorious battle fought daily with angels and saints alike. Those ropes...Christ. Don't let them drown on the sinking ship, show them the rope...
~Stay Strong~ love.