His Unfailing Love Endures Forever

 When I was having a low point in my feelings this week, something in my Bible reading jumped out at me and stayed in my head.

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I've read so many times in the Scripture about God's unfailing love and mercy. When I came once again across the words "His love endures forever", I thought about what a perfect sentence it is. Every word of it soothes my soul when I need it.

His - my God, my Savior, my Everything

Love - the unfailing, unsurpassed, all-encompassing love that I don't even deserve but get from Him

Endures - endures through my falling down, my lapses, my sadness, hurt, and emotional turmoil

Forever - forever I am loved, forever I am forgiven, forever I will have peace and joy in Him

"His love endures forever". It was the lifeline I held onto while I was struggling with my disappointment in people's actions, my disappointment in myself for being affected by those actions, and just wanting to feel sorry for myself.

His unfailing love is a reminder to me how temporary everything here is. Success and failure, fame and infamy, joy and hurt. None of the bad stuff is going to last and none of the good stuff is going to measure up to what's promised. None of what we have here is eternal - but his unfailing love is.

Isn't that reassuring and beautiful? 

Now, I didn't miraculously stop being down and blue. I didn't just jump up and get on with life as if my feelings hadn't been stung. But I remembered that it would pass. And it will.

I'm still feeling, as the kids say: "some kind of way", but that's okay. I've been here before and more than likely will many times again. Until eternity. And in the meantime, His love endures forever - right now and neverending. 

Peace

--Free

Interesting Content on YouTube

 It's been a while since I have posted here. I have about 20 draft posts that I need to work on and get published. It's easier to do quick posts of reviews on my other blog. When I post here, I try to be a lot more careful and thoughtful. This blog is for serious business.

Anyway.

I wanted to do a quick list of some interesting YouTube channels I have found. I can never get enough of listening to what other Christians are talking about. I might not always agree with them, but we are brothers and sisters in Christ and I want to know what my siblings are saying. So, people, as with anything that you take into your ears and your mind, be discerning and hold everything up to the light of the Bible.

This is a super-quick post so, without anymore gabbing, here you go in no kind of order:

• Whaddo You Meme??
• Biblical Science Institute
• Little Light Studios
• Associates for Biblical Research
• Melissa Dougherty
• Mike Winger 
• Apologetics Press
• Capturing Christianity
• Off The Kirb Ministries
• Koinonia House
• John Ankerberg Show
• Cross Examined 
• WalterMartinJude3
• Israel Today News
• FreedomInGod
• Trinity Radio
• Sentinel Apologetics

And because we all know that laughter is good for the soul, there is this clean comedy channel:

• Dry Bar Comedy 

Peace & gooood night!

--Free

But People Call Me Crazy?

 Okay, so no one has called me crazy to my face - yet - but they have typed in in comments online. And I usually get no response when I post things like this. I can post a joke or a silly meme and have people Liking and Hearting all over the place. Try to warn them about the world we live in and remind them to be watchful and prayerful and... crickets.

I don't post this stuff to get noticed, Liked, or Hearted. I post this to warn people that while we have always lived in "perilous times", we are getting deeper and deeper into the dark with every passing moment. I post this stuff because I don't want anyone to be left out of the eternity of Heaven.

Now, if I am crazy for believing in God and in the Bible that warns us about darkness, what do you say about this kind of stuff? This is something that is so blatant that I'm not sure how to take it. 

Even if you want to write this off as "art" or "trolling", it's not cool. It's sort of an in-your-face move, isn't it?

Whenever I think about how unmindful people are of God and His warnings, I think of the old "days of Noah" reminder. We are walking around here with our faces buried in our phones, our minds buried in useless distraction and entertainment, and our motivation buried in dreams of money and fame and pride.

And for every person out there, sharing the Gospel and trying to encourage people to consider the spiritual implications of life and death, there are just as many - or more - sharing their own money-making "gospel". 

I don't know how people can ignore the fact of God. I don't understand how people can look at the wonder of human life, of the universe around us, of the sunrise and sunset and think it "just happened" out of nothing. I really don't understand how people look at all of that and then try to find other ways to explain it. 

Even when I didn't follow Christ, I was never able to look at creation and not believe in God.

I think some people don't want to believe in God because they don't want to think that there is an Intelligence that they can never be equal to. They don't want to believe that there is an Intelligence that they need. They don't want to bow down to anything that they cannot create or completely understand. This is why men who don't believe in God will believe in aliens or will worship technology and put all their hopes in some future existence where they can live forever.

Anyway.

I just wanted to share that video and those thoughts with you. Time is short - if not for all mankind, then maybe for you or for me. We don't know when the "End Times" will finish playing out but we also don't know when our personal end will come.

If you don't believe in God, at least be totally sure of your reasons. Be willing to live and die with your choices.

Peace

--Free