A friend of mine texted me out of
the blue today. I wasn't expecting it because they've never really ever texted me before but what they had to tell me was what really turned this day around.
They had told me before that they had went to church awhile back and were praying to receive Jesus. I thought that this was peculiar because this person has definitely led an interesting life. Why the sudden change? But I come to find out today that my friend wants to become a Christian. And I thought to myself, that's kinda weird, aren't you already one? Well my friend has been going to the same church their whole life, but now they've made the decision they really do want to take on the role and life as a Christian.
I think throughout our life, we go to church and just kinda go through the motions. Not really paying attention to detail and just letting words said to us go through one ear and out the other. We're Christians, but we're not living up to it.
But now that my friend has decided to become a Christian and really take on the responsibility and duties of being one, I feel like they are making one of the biggest and best decisions of their life. I don't think they really know how proud I am of them. Turning their life around and devoting it to God. God will take care of my friend and help guide and lead them.
We are all called to be devout disciples to God and in this we serve and spread his Word. We live by it and use it to work through others. Not only that, we are to listen to God when he speaks to us. Listen to what he has to say. Everyday is an opportunity for our relationship to grow closer with God and to help others find him. My friend has truly found him.
To my friend, we haven't known each other that long ever since high school, but what you're doing now is a giant step forward for you. I really am proud of you beyond words. I'm with you every step of the way. I love you so much and you mean a lot to me. Don't forget that. I pray that your relationship with God will grow and become strong and that you may come to see his Love, Forgiveness, Guidance, Understanding, Grace, Beauty, and Power throughout your life.
"But whatever gains I had, these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ. More than that, I consider everything a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the lost all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him [...] to know him and the power of his resurrection and sharing of his sufferings by being confirmed to his death [...] It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it. Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: Forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:7-9,12-14
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