Words from my Heart

Faith ~

(These are words that I longed to say so many times before...and yet, somehow, I never found the strength. They are not angry words but words spoken very solemnly from my heart.)

There are times in your life, moments, events, things that happen that can fill your heart with anger. A heart is meant to be filled with love but there are times that it can be filled with anger.

Sometimes my own heart is filled with so much anger. That anger is directed at the devil and his cunning ways. That he can so easily draw a loved one from God's fold is what makes my heart so angry. For everyone has been touched by this sorrow. This deep, deep sorrow of losing a loved one(s) to the world.

It is so easy for any one of us to pass judgement on another and how quickly we do without realizing or thinking about our true intentions. (Are we speaking from our heart? Are we concerned out of love...or out of judgement itself?) We must always look into our own hearts and speak from that place when we approach another person with concern. We must always let love lead the way. (Please note: I am not speaking of any specific event or occurrence. I'm merely speaking from my heart about thoughts that often come to me).

I have lost very, very dear loved ones to the world and I don't know of another Christian who has been untouched by this overwhelming sorrow. My heart aches. I know that I can not pass judgement onto them but I know in my heart that there is but one way to heaven and that is through the forgiveness of sins in Jesus name and precious blood.

It is that simple.

Nothing more. Nothing less. That is all we need to believe, to reach heavens gate and eternal salvation.

We cannot believe for another. That is something I want to do every day. I want to believe for my lost loved ones. To beg them to accept the keys to heaven. To beg and plead with them and yet such attempts would be in vain for the devil is so cunning. He can take such a strong hold of another's heart and convince them that there is more. That faith is not so simple. That we must have knowledge. We must know the bible. We must do good works. We must do so much more in order to get to heaven.

But no matter what sins we may have fallen into. What temptations we may have given into, it is still so simple. All you need to do is believe that they are forgiven. That Jesus died for even you and me. We are all tempted by the delights of this world. There are so many wonderful and tempting things out there for each and every one of us. But no matter how tempted we may be, the only thing that matters, that matters above all else is that we believe that our sins are forgiven in Jesus name and blood. That is the only way to reach eternal salvation. That is all that God asks of us. It is that simple.

(These words are spoken from my heart, out of love. They bring me to tears because they mean that much to me; because I, like so many others, have grieved for a long time for lost loved ones.)

When you watch a loved one taking those steps away from faith, watch them as they head in another direction, a road that will ultimately take them away from our precious faith, it is the most difficult thing for a Christian to do. To sit there and feel helpless as you watch a loved one go astray. As a Christian, you can see the steps they take and you can only watch helplessly. For you can not believe for another. Sometimes you may have the strength to approach them and sometimes you won't. But the whole while you feel so unbelievably helpless as you sit and watch another walk away. And you grieve. You grieve for a lost soul and all you can do is pray. We will spend the rest of our days praying for the salvation of those loved ones.

And when the devil is so cunning, could they know then of the pain and sorrow this has caused? The heartache? The grief? Could they ever understand this when they have not the holy spirit? Could they know then that their families, friends and all of their loved ones are still here waiting with open arms for that day of grace and repentance to come? Do they know that God will wait, for the rest of their days, for them to accept Him with open arms? He will forgive and He will rejoice when His Prodigal Son is home and safe in His fold once again.

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Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
~Luke 15:32

Edited to add: I, in my own weak faith, do not know the bible as well as I often wish I did. But this quote was posted in Wikipedia under Prodigal Son (as I looked it up for the proper spelling). It is from the King James Version, which made me very happy to see. Perhaps there is a better quote but as my knowledge of bible verses is so limited, I found it fitting just the same.