Vickie S.’s Journal

When I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I gave up the life I was living because Jesus was living in me. This is not to say that I no longer sin but that I am saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

This serves to remind us that Jesus Christ gave his life or our sins and serves to rescue us from evil. Jesus could not come any sooner for me so as to destroy the evil ones among us.

If only our churches of today would work together peacefully and encourage one another, we could accomplish most anything especially our witness to others.

This verse reminds me of the song, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, for the first line says, "i am weak but thou art strong", This tells me that Jesus is my strength as I walk thru this life.

In this verse, I get that we should not boast of prideful things but rather in things where we are lacking.

While guns and bombs and other types of deadly objects can demolish strongholds however our tongues can also be a weapon. Things we say reflect on what is in our hearts. We need to think before we open our mouths and speak. We can destroy someones reputation, confidence or life. For example, negative things that kids say can cause a young person to commit suicide or worse yet go after those who have hurt them and detroy their lives with guns or other weapons.

Whatever you do in this life, do not cause anyone to stumble irregardless of race, nationality, choice of religion, appearance or life style, You may not agree with their choices however you have to face God with your own choices not theirs. While you may want everyone to be a Christian, the other person may disagree with you or your choice.

If you sow sparingly you will also reap sparingly. In due time we do not have to show or tell others what we have done or given. Only God needs to know. An example doesn't necessarily have to be money. It could be time spent with shut-ins, people recovering from surgery or sickness, people that are grieving or people that are down on their luck and dependent on food banks and agencies that feed the hungry. This could be a service to anyone in any walk of life not necessarily to people that we know, We should never brag about what we have done to help someone. That doesn't look good in the eyes of the Lord.

It just like the current as well as the past presidential races, they promise change and do not follow thru with the promises they made. That is not taking pains in doing the right thing in the eyes of the Lord as well as in the eyes of man. That causes us to lose confidence in what they say they will do and change.

If we are truly sorry for our sins and ask God for forgiveness and forgive ourselves, He will forgive and that will lead to true salvation. If we do ask for forgiveness, we are doomed to death.