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Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2
The reason Jesus died and rose again: The face in your mirror.
No one can well perceive the power of faith unless he feels it by experience in his heart. - John Calvin.
I cannot explain it, I cannot make you feel it, I cannot force you to it. It is simply undeniable within myself. It is something I understand simply because it is what I experience, it is what I live. It is my reality. It is something I could never turn from. It's truth withstands any argument, because I know both sides completely. I've lived on both sides of the fence, I've seen it all. The depths of darkness, I've indulged in it all, held back from nothing... and I can assure you, it holds nothing above, nothing against the life I now live. I no longer wake up with regret. I no longer experience emptiness within my heart. I live with a joy that is unexplainable... unshakeable. I love. I love. I fail, but there is hope beyond the failure. I can be a mess and I can stumble, but it's ok. There is grace to catch me. I don't worry. I look back on my life before, I catch glimpses of it around me - and I can honestly say, I don't miss a moment of it. I have no void to fill, I have no regret. I am fulfilled. I am content. It is so much better now.
Moreover, I will not judge you for not sharing my beliefs. I will not condemn you for acting how you want to. I love you regardless. I won't force my beliefs on you, but at the same time, I expect the same courtesy.
The reason Jesus died and rose again: The face in your mirror.
No one can well perceive the power of faith unless he feels it by experience in his heart. - John Calvin.
I cannot explain it, I cannot make you feel it, I cannot force you to it. It is simply undeniable within myself. It is something I understand simply because it is what I experience, it is what I live. It is my reality. It is something I could never turn from. It's truth withstands any argument, because I know both sides completely. I've lived on both sides of the fence, I've seen it all. The depths of darkness, I've indulged in it all, held back from nothing... and I can assure you, it holds nothing above, nothing against the life I now live. I no longer wake up with regret. I no longer experience emptiness within my heart. I live with a joy that is unexplainable... unshakeable. I love. I love. I fail, but there is hope beyond the failure. I can be a mess and I can stumble, but it's ok. There is grace to catch me. I don't worry. I look back on my life before, I catch glimpses of it around me - and I can honestly say, I don't miss a moment of it. I have no void to fill, I have no regret. I am fulfilled. I am content. It is so much better now.
Moreover, I will not judge you for not sharing my beliefs. I will not condemn you for acting how you want to. I love you regardless. I won't force my beliefs on you, but at the same time, I expect the same courtesy.