Why are Christians afraid to die???

Tim Keller in his sermon "The Cosmic King" says God is the "Beginning and the end in everything." So the question is how do we face death as Christians?? To answer this question we must look at the beginning and what should be the ONLY purpose of our lives. "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." God existed before all else and He was our Creator and our only worth. He brought mankind into the world and the whole of the Old Testament leads up to that climatic moment in history, the birth and death of His Son Jesus! Keller says that everything is created for God and that "the future is rushing into His lap." The future rushes onward yet God has forseen it all and is ever present in all.

With this in mind, how should we, as believers, view death? The apostle Paul writes in 2Timothy 4: 6-8, "For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing." Knowing that his death was at hand, Paul portrayed the attitude towards death we, as believers, should live for!! Death is not something to be feared!! It is the final frontier and the LAST journey we take in our earthly existence. It is that ultimate and final step in our re-unification with God!!

The world we live in constantly talks about death in a negative fashion and makes every effort to stave off the inevitability of the finality of one's existence. We can be comforted to know that Jesus and God are the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end!! The goal of our lives is to glorify God in all that we do, there is no room for error. It is both frightening and calming!!

Too often, we view God as the Answerer of our prayers. We go through life asking God to give us good jobs, a relationship, etc. In all of this, we lose sight of the fact that God is the beginning, the end, and the center of our universe!! While God does answer our prayers, if that is the way we view Him, we are failing! HE is EVERYTHING!! When others look at us, they should not see our individualality but the light of God's grace!!!!

So what will it be?? Are you afraid of death?? This is our time to glorify our God and whether its by our life or death, if God is the center of our universe, He will be glorified!!!

You are Everything!!!

Driving back to Hillsdale today, I heard this song on the a christian radio station. It is an awesome song by Matthew West calld You are Everything!!

The lyrics are below and speak so true in my life!! To God be the GLORY!!


I'm the one with two left feet
Standing on a lonely street
I can't even walk a straight line
And every time you look at me
I'm spinning like an autumn leaf
Bound to hit bottom sometime

Where would I be without someone to save me?
Someone who won't let me fall

You are everything that I live for
Everything that I can't believe is happening
You're standing right in front of me
With arms wide open
All I know is every day is filled with hope
'Cause You are everything that I breathe for
And I can't help but breathe You in, and breathe again
Feeling all this life within
Every single beat of my heart

I'm the one with big mistakes
Big regrets and bigger breaks
Than I'd ever care to confess
But You're the one who looks at me
And sees what I was meant to be
More than just a beautiful mess

You're everything good in my life
Everything honest and true
And all of those stars hangin' up in the sky
Could never shine brighter than You

Beautiful day!!!

I woke up this morning to clear skies, a beautiful sunrise, and 45 degree weather. I look at days like today and God's hand is so easily seen in the beauty of His creation. I love waking up to mornings like these because it gives me such a positive outlook on each day and it puts a beautiful picture to God's love!

God is truly good!!

No Facebook for a week and counting!!

Well I did it, a week ago tomorrow I decided to get rid of my Facebook because I felt I spent far to much time on it and that time I could be using for so many other things. Prior to this week, the longest I had ever gone without Facebook, outside of vacations, was 3 days. I used to think there was no way I could go without it because it had become a part of each and every day. I would would wake up in the morning and go FB and go on it throughout each day whenever I was bored and had nothing to do.

A week has gone by and I have not gone on Facebook once, I deactivated my account and have been using the extra time to read and do more blogging!! Each of these activities are so much more fulfilling than just going on the FB to "FB stalk." I praise God for giving me the strength and encouragement to withstand the urge to go on Facebook. I am looking forward to all the new time I am going to have and being able to use that either to spend time with people or with God!!

To God be the GLORY!!!