Old School Part 2

A good friend of mine brought it to my attention that a pen would make a better example than a pencil. A pen can be continually refilled. We as humans can be spiritually refilled through prayer, praise, fellowship, and meditation. Every now and then, a pen will get gunked up, whether by dryed up ink (a stagnant, lukewarm soul), or by foreign particles (the by-products of hate, greed, pride, etc.). But God did something totally unimaginable. He sent His own Son to earth that we, as pens, may be made clean. But the awesome thing is that you don't need to be clean when you first meet Him. Jesus wants to find you just the way you are, and then work through you and in you to improve your relationship with God. God created us, and gave us free will, but He desperately wants a relationship with us. Don't be a dryed or gunked up pen. Let the love, grace, and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ consume your heart. Be an eternal pen for God to use; a pen that "writes" what is good in God's eyes and is filled with a spiritual ink, one that does not clog or dry up, but lasts forever. Think about it.

Old School Part 1

My English teacher had us do a preliminary paper on which one single characteristic makes for a successful human being. Traits that came up included honesty, self-confidence, kindness, morality, and many others. However, I believe that only one trait will lead to all traits required for a person's success: love. And I'm not talking about the love between a man and woman, but an unconditional, forgiving, and graceful love. The kind of love that God has for us. If everyone were to show everyone else this kind of love, then honesty, kindness, charity, etc. would all fall into place. If we have genuine love, then we are doing exactly what we were designed to do. How easy is it for a pencil to write? That's what it was designed to do. But when the pencil is corrupted by outside, and even inside forces. It gets jammed up on the inside, or broken. Like the pencil, we too can be jammed up or broken, but it does not mean we can't be fixed. God loves and forgives us. So, if we are constantly being kept clean and being healed, why can't we do what we were designed to do? Think about it.