Man. Life sure is hard. Between trying to do the right things in your own life, helping your friends to do the right things in thier lives and still going through the everyday struggle of you and your parents understanding of each other... you begin to realize that life is tough. And of course there's always the everyday bumps in your life to throw you completely off track... and the mortality that we all have that likes to peek it's face out at the worst of times... and then there's the whole religion thing; Which one is the truth? Amidst all these things in our everyday "lives", there is also the other side of the coin: love, friendship, happiness, joy, laughter, memories, journeys... etc. So does that make life worth living? I mean, are friends and love worth all the pain and suffering of life? Well, if that was all there was to life then I would probably have decided long ago, "No! Life is not worth the pain!" But then again, I wasn't living a real "life" back then either. I was simply existing. Isn't that what many of us are doing? We're just getting by to get by. So, how do you have a real life? I'll tell you how I got mine...
Three years ago, I heard about a man named Jesus. A man that came to earth 2000 some-odd years ago and proclaimed to be God in the flesh. Now he was either crazy or he was who he said he was... God. He couldn't have been another prophet or smart teacher as many say, because teachers and prophets don't claim to be Gods, but Jesus did. Anyways, as I was saying, I heard about all that Jesus did when he was on the earth; about the miracles he did, the beatings he took, the humiliation he faced, the betrayals of those closest to him and the immense suffering he bore on the cross. And then I learned something that still puzzles me to this day... Jesus went through all of that VOLUNTARILY so that we, (you and I), could one day join Him in Heaven. Jesus did all of that for ME! ME!!! I'm worthless! I am nothing but a whisp in the wind of time and yet He chose to die for ME! You see... that day I was overwhelmed with a feeling of acceptance and love and joy the likes of which I had never known! That day... I chose to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and it was the best decision I have ever made!!! The best decision I will EVER make!!! Now, my life has meaning! It has worth!!! Now, I don't have to fear what's coming because I know that Jesus has already gone ahead of me and made a way! I'm saying all this to let you know that YOU can have a life of purpose and acceptance; YOU can have a life worth living! But, like all great things, there is a catch: you can't do it alone. You cannot make that kind of life with the materials you have. You cannot make yourself a way to Heaven. There is only one person that can do that for you... Jesus. And guess what? He wants to! He wants to show you how to really live! He wants you to go to Heaven! But you have to let Him. You have to admit that you can't do it without Him. You have to believe that He can. You have to claim Him as Lord and Savior of your life.
Are you ready for a real life?
"...choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve..." ~ Joshua 24:15
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