Monday, October 1, 2007

Family, friends and God

So, this past weekend was pretty much amazing. I went up to Jackson, TN saturday to help my sister and husband unpack their stuff in the awesome new house. I mainly help put together bookshelves. I left around lunch time, though, to go hang out with a friend from middle school (I lived in Jackson from 4th grade to Halloween of 9th grade) with, and whom I haven't seen in almost a year. We do lunch at Chick-fil-a, stop by Toys R Us to pick up some gifts cards for some little kids, and walk around Union University (where she goes to school) until 2 so she can show me her dorm. The whole time we're together we're just talking about God and about missions (we both don't really know what God has in store for us as far as life goes, but we both have a heart for missions) and other cool stuff. After I got done hanging out with Shannon, I finished helping my brother-in-law put together the other bookshelves that they had (I actually left while him and my brother were putting together the first one). Throughout the time with Shannon, God just used her to remind me of some stuff that I needed reminding of.
On Sunday, in Sunday School, I was reminded of something else, something that is as awesome as anything else I know. As a Christian, I am an adopted son of God, co-heirs with Christ. According to Roman law, adopted children weren't considered second class, but equals with the other children, having full legal rights to inheritances and property. As an adopted son, I have full rights to everything the Father has. I had forgotten that I am able to tap into God's power, and by doing so overcome these temptations that like to haunt me, so to speak. God is amazing.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

2 comments:

Belle said...

Im so glad you posted this. i think that all christians need to be reminded of this every once in a while. i have really been struggling right now to figure out Gods plan for my life because the plans i had for myself have pretty much fallen apart. Its so good to realize that, even though I have no idea what my plans for the future entail, I am a child of God and He has wonderful things in store for me. Romans 6:23 also reminded me that because we have eternal life in Christ means that this world is not our real home. I really need to keep that in mind as i stress about Gods plan for me b/c it definitely puts things into perspective.

Matt said...

very true, this isn't our home.
"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for anohter world." that is a great quote from c.s.lewis. that has to do with that.