Grandpa Jack Bohn. One of the wisest men I knew. 
Danielle Christine, my sweet sister, whom I cannot wait to see again. This picture was taking two weeks before she passed away. 
Another sweet pic of my sister. 
Dolling up her grave site with beautiful flowers on her 9th birthday in heaven. So happy I was able to be there to be apart of it. :)
I am sure that every one of us has suffered a loss. A family member, a friend, a friends family member, or even someone that relates to a personal loss; they all pretty much hit close to home. After losing my sister nine and a half years ago, and losing my grandpa two years ago, I have definitely changed. Life is more precious to me, family time is more precious to me, others lives are more precious to me. Time is more precious to me. Heaven is so much sweeter.
As I was studying for my Sunday School Class, I came to thinking about what God really did for me. How much He sacrificed for me. Yet, we get angry with Him for taking the people we love. So often God gets blamed, and what He did for us, isn't taken into consideration.
You know, God wants YOU to talk to HIM the same way that
you talk to your MOM and DAD, the same what you talk
to your FRIENDS, AUNTS, UNCLES, BROTHERS and
SISTERS. He wants to feel that important to YOU.
He deserves to feel that important to you.
God is always here for you.
He was here for you two thousand years ago,
When He DIED for YOU.
He loves you MORE than ANYTHING.
Do you know that when He was suffering,
When he was being beaten, blasphemed and scorned
He was thinking about YOU?
Not you and your friends as a whole,
but He was thinking only about YOU!
He went through literal Hell for you.
He wants to give you a gift.
His gift to you is Heaven.
Think about this,
Your only alternative to heaven, is hell.
When you die,
and your family buries or cremates you,
you DON'T just stay in the ground.
You either go to Heaven,
or you go to Hell.
It is your choice.
God is all about letting you choose your eternity.
But you need to keep in mind that He paid the price
of Hell for you.
He is giving Heaven to you as a GIFT!
To Get out of Hell, you only need to accept His gift.
You have to realize that you are not perfect!
Romans 3:23 states
"For all have sinned, and come short
of the glory of God"
You ARE a sinner.
It is inevitable.
Everyone has done something wrong.
No matter how big or little that wrong was
it is still a sin.
For that sin, there is a penalty.
Just like there was a penalty to lying,
cheating, deceiving, disrespecting,
or disobeying when we were young.
Our penalty for our sin is death,
in Hell. Romans 6:23a says
"For the wages of sin is death;"
A wage is a payment. Just like you
get paid for working, our payment
for sin is death in hell.
But, God gives us a way out.
Romans 5:8- "BUT GOD. commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
I love that "But God".
"Commendeth" means showed.
Even though we are sinners,
even though we hurt God,
and take advantage of Him as
much as we do, (this is the
amazing part)
HE STILL DIED FOR US!
When God died, He didn't stay dead.
He ROSE again the third day.
If God didn't raise from the dead,
There would be no point in me
typing this all out.
There wouldn't be a gift from Jesus.
In God rising again,
lifted the veil to Heaven for us.
Romans 6:23b says
"but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord."
God's gift to us is eternal life.
He wants us to be in Heaven with
Him on day.
What is a gift?
A gift is something given
without expecting anything in return.
If it was your birthday, and I had a gift for you,
but told you that before I gave you that gift,
you needed to wash my car; it wouldn't be a gift.
Why? Because you would be working for it.
Now, if I were handing you a gift,
what would you have to do for that gift to be yours?
Take it-right?
Well, that is what God wants you to do.
He is presenting His gift to you, right now
through this post. He wants to know if you will accept it.
In Romans 10:13 it says
"For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord
Shall be Saved."
It really is that simple.
People make salvation a lot more
complicated than it really is.
To accept Gods' gift you need to ask.
It definitely isn't in the words that you say,
but it is really believing in your heart.
Whether you ask Him out loud, in a simple prayer,
or in your heart, to God. He knows.
Accepting Him as YOUR Saviour,
is a once in a lifetime thing.
It isn't something that you have to do everyday.
Once you are saved, you are ALWAYS saved.
After your saved, no matter how much wrong you do,
no matter how wrong that wrong is, no one can
take your salvation away-Praise the Lord for that!
Accepting Jesus as your Saviour
is trusting that He will take you to Heaven
when you die.
This is the prayer that I prayed when I accepted
His gift, only 3 years ago.
"Dear Jesus, I know I am a sinner.
God, without You, I would die today,
and go to Hell. Today, I am trusting
You and You alone, to take me to Heaven
when I die. Thank you for saving me.
Amen"
If through this post, you accepted Christ,
please, let me know. I would love to rejoice
with you.
Thank you, and have an enjoyable Sunday!
Much love, Amber
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