On the Boat

This week I got two comments on Pinterest from the same man. 

1. On a pin about sharing Christ: "Why not share the facts? Oh, that's right, you don't have any." 

2. On a pin about trusting God in bad circumstances: "Until he causes a flood and you're not on the boat." 

It's true that faith is "assurance about what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1), but we have abundant evidence of God's existence and goodness:

• in creation (Romans 1:18-20).
• in our innate understanding of good and evil (Romans 2:13-14).
• in the lives of millions of men and women throughout history (Hebrews 11).
• in the fact that Christianity has produced far more charitable endeavors than atheism. 

Atheists who pride themselves on facts, forget they have no proof that God doesn't exist.

Today let's take a moment to thank God we're "on the boat" and pray that this atheist will give up his faith in foolishness (Psalms 14:1) and climb on board too.

P.S. I've prayed about handling rude comments, and I've felt that it's usually best to delete them. On rare occasion, I've felt led to respond, but this man's criticisms were broad and cynical. I didn't believe he was in a place to listen at this point. But we can pray for him!

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He's a Better God Than I First Realized

“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" Jeremiah 32:27 

I used to read this passage and think it meant that God would smooth all my paths. 

But I've been walking with the Lord for almost 40 years, and I realize that my path has sometimes been pretty bumpy. 

Now I know that my God, the God of mankind, the God who is able to do all things, does something better than make my path smooth. 

He shows me that with my hand in His, I can walk the bumpiest of paths.

And He promises, absolutely, without a doubt, for sure and forever, a smooth heavenly path in eternity with my hand forever in His. 

He is the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything to hard for Him? No! 
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Ashamed of God

"God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards." — Francis Chan 

Few people have a problem with God's love, but ...

• Are we ashamed of God's wrath?
• Are we ashamed that God will send millions of unbelievers to hell? 
• Are we ashamed that God has given us commands and conditions for our lives? 
• Are we ashamed of God's moral standards against premarital sex, homosexuality, and pornography?
• Are we ashamed that Jesus said He is the only way to be saved? 

"Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." Luke 9:26 

May we never be ashamed of anything about our God.

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