Dear God,
I'm too tired to read now. Yes, it's my fault. I'm sorry :-( I'm going to do it anyways, and I'm going to ask you to help me actually focus and be able to let some words stick in between my two ears. Hehe.
Thank you for reconciliation. Thank you for the Holy Spirit. Thank you for loving us so much and allowing us to show your glory through these jars of clay. Thank you for these words of life. I pray that they would sink deep into my being and I would live them out.
Love Ya!
Me
II Cor 3-5
We are the letters of recommendation for God. Are we recommending him in such a way that others would want to know him?
We bare God's glory to the world. There is no veil for us.
We do not go about in deceitful ways, but in truth present the gospel in a clear and plain way.
But we are not glorious. We are not always clear. We are jars of clay that God uses to show that He is the one with all the glory. Am I trying to be a jar of glory when the glory comes from God, or am I shouting that I am a jar of clay, and the glory cannot come from myself?
(I'm trading my sorrows.... Yes lord yes lord yes yes lord si senor si si senor!)
That's hardcore right there. Outwardly wasting away and yet inwardly renewed day by day?? And he's not complaining about trials or how God is giving him character. It's just how it is, and it gives glory to God, and I'm encouraged, and heaven is awesome and Imma gonna focus on that than this temporary stuff. Not really that important, anyways...
Hardcore.
Oh ok, they groan and are burdened and long for the day of rest. That makes me feel better.
I feel very rich right now.
But in the meantime, we have the Holy Spirit. Exactly the thing we need to get through this life.
MAKE IT YOUR GOAL TO PLEASE HIM!!!!!!!!
This really is life. These words are life-giving words. He died ONCE FOR ALL. Do you hear that, L? What do you have to say to that? Oh, yeah, bible's not relevant to us today. Right. He died for ALL so that ALL would live for Him, not for themselves.
Who am I living for?
We regard no one in a worldly point of view. We regard them with the lens of Heaven. That is something to remember. This person may seem cool, but she's not really. She is dead apart from Christ. That person seems a little off-beat and dorky, but he is actually one of the coolest, strongest, hardcore-ist Christians. He is fully alive in Christ and living an abundant life.
I"M A NEW CREATION!!!
And that right there is the gospel. Reconciliation.