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Topic: Beginnings (05/31/04)
TITLE: The Beginning of a Love Affair By carol elliott 06/07/04 |
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Ever looked back and wondered, if someone would have told you ten or more years before you got saved, that you would have had a love affair with Jesus what would your response be?
Well, I know personally if someone had said that to me ten years before I became a Christian, I would have had a good laugh and said no way.
You see, yes I went to church, I was faithfully attending services every week, but my heart was so cold to the things of God. But doesn’t God have a sense of humor? You see, he knows our beginnings and he certainly knows our endings.
My love affair with Jesus began slowly, I realized how much I loved my Lord and Savior, the moment peace and joy began coming back into my life.
When I fell in love with my husband, it was special. I couldn’t wait to see him, couldn’t wait to spend time with him, but my love affair with Jesus nothing can compare. I love spending time with the Lord in prayer. I find peace, joy, strength, hope and courage when I sit in his presence.
As I begin to enter into praise and worship, by telling Jesus how much I love him, I feel burdens lifted. At times I become so excited, because I know he comes and sits with me as I enter in.
Who knows all about our beginnings? No one but Jesus. He knows us the moment we were formed so intricately in our mother’s womb. He chooses the exact day of our arrival here on earth, and he chooses the day of our departure. There is nothing that he does not know. He knew who we would marry, how many children we would have, where we would live. He knew the exact day when we would allow him to become Lord of our lives. And most of all he knows all the storms that we would go through.
Because Jesus knows all about me, because he was there from the beginning of time, I walk with confidence, knowing that he who has begun a good work in me, will never cease until the work is completed. Which means to me that my ending will be greater than my beginning.