What Should We Do With Jesus

Matthew 27: 22 - "What should I do with Jesus, the one called the Christ."

Perhaps like Pilate you may wonder what should you do with Jesus. You have two choices:

1. You can meet him. You can, as many have, decide that the idea of God's becoming a carpenter too bizarre and walk away.
2. You can accept him. You can journey with him. You can listen for His voice amid the hundreds of voices and follow him.

God Loves You

Psalm 103: 11 "As the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His stseadfast love toward those who fear him." (fear - revere, in awe of)

You need to always remember God loves you. You may feel like family and friends have forsaken you. God loves you and wants you to rest in the knowledge of this love: this love concerns itself with your welfare and future. Go outside, close your eyes and turn your face to the sun. Feel the warmth on your face. This is God's embrace on you. God's affection for you is limitless. Nothing will ever stop God from loving you. With God's love you can face and do anything. How much does God love you: As high as the heavens and above the earth; so much that His Son hung on a cross with arms stretched wide enough to embrace you in his agony.

He loves you that much!

Don't Worry Be Happy

Bobby McFerrrin's song "Dont Worry Be Happy", helps me stop
concentrating on life's challenges and pain. Life's problems always
try to crowd out other thoughts, causing feelings of grief, fear,
confusion and anxiety. The negative thoughts crowd out knowledge and
remembrance of a faithful God who is bigger than any problem the world
can send our way. God our heavenly Father cares about us. Like our
earthly parents, God desires us to ask for help. Pray about things
that worry you. God is big enough to handle the situation and knows
more about it than you do. Pray and rest in the knowledge that it
will ultimately be okay. God has the situation under control. Choose
to not worry. Choose to rest in God's faithfulness. Be at peace.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on
your own understanding. We can't do anything about the future. We
don't know what is going to happen. We don't know how our prayers
will be answered. Maybe yes / Maybe no! Beth Delong said in her
devotional: "I can trust any decision to an all-powerful God who loves
me. When I am struggling to figure out every little detail, I can
choose instead to trust God."