Are you a Good Person? Let’s check and see! Have you ever lied? Or have you ever stolen? (Even if it’s small) Now, have you ever taken the Lord's Name in vain? (Saying: “Oh my G*d” or things like that) If you have ever done any of those things, you would be either a liar, a thief, or a blasphemer(for taking God’s Name in vain), or maybe even all of them. And that was only some of the Ten Commandments. So we have all sinned against God and we therefore deserve death. (Romans 3:23 & 6:23) And as a result, none of us are good, or good people. In other words, let’s say that I was speeding on the road, and now i’m in court. And according to the judge, I am to be sentenced to time in jail. But if someone pays my speeding fine, I can walk out of that courtroom freely without having to serve the time in jail. Likewise, we are all criminals through sin, and we deserve Hell. Yet Christ took the punishment that we deserve, put it upon Himself, and “payed the fine” through His death and resurrection. Now through REPENTANCE, which is a change of mind about sin and a turning to God (going from an embrace of sin to rejection of sin, and understanding your need of a Savior), and by FAITH in CHRIST we can be saved from the everlasting “prison sentence” of Hell. So, its not by our “good deeds/good works” that we are saved, (as Catholics and other religions may say) because none of us are good, nor can our “good deeds/good works” make us good. Instead, we are saved by Repentance and Faith. (Ephesians 2:8-9) And once you are Saved, you do not continue to live following the evil ways of sin, but you instead live following the righteous ways of Christ.
Nothin left to lose - by Mick Kolassa I’ve been all over this world searchin for what I don’t know Can’t say I’m getting any closer, least I got nothin here to show I need a change lord help me find a change If I can’t shake these blues, I’ll have nothing left to lose I might be smiling on the outside, I know you’ve heard this one before But I can’t ever do for me what I seem to do for you and people only ask me for more I need a change lord help me make a change This is not what I would choose, I feel like I have nothing left to lose Laughin makes it better for a little, but it’s hard to stay a clown And I lose some of me when I set that wild man free - I’m runnin out of me to pass around Can’t you see I need a change, lord I need to find a change Well you want me to amuse, but I feel like I have nothing left to lose Dark night keeps fallin all around me, and it don’t matter what time of day Feels like I’m fallin in deeper, but into what I can’t say I need to make a change, lord I need a change If you read the news, you’ll see I had nothing left to lose
Thanks so much. Comments like this keep me going! I've been blessed to be surrounded by strong women (including my daughters) You may like the video and song Easy Doesn't Live Here, I lost my wife of 46 years in 2020 and that is the last song I sang to her and knew she could hear. The video tells the story of 45 years of love, and the loss. I truly believe that when your heart writes a song you can't go wrong.
