Reflection

God is with us every day. 

Some days are hard - Some are even harder.

Everyday, even the bad ones, are a reflection of how much He cares for us. 

When times are good - Praise Him!

When times are bad - Thank Him for what you do have. From the start God quite literally owed us nothing. Humanity turned against Him. 

But out of Love He saved us and provides for us daily. He gives us what we need - not always what we want. 

Hard times have a unique way of bringing us closer to God. It is when the darkness feels the heaviest, that we can be brought closest to God. This precarious place teaches us to not only to fully lean on God, but also shows us how much He loves us and will take care of us. 

Heaven is our home - Praise God that He made a way for us to be with Him for eternity! 

My hope is that someone will read this w

hen they need it. 

Changes are coming!

An update: 

It has been a few years since starting The Curious Christian! 

I hope that you the reader are have a great new year so far!

Upcoming changes are going to be rolled out over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Life

 Life is short

Quicker than the blink of an eye

What is life? 

It is to love. 

Cliche as it is,

Life is not about the possessions we have,

What we wear, or where we live. 

It is about the relationships we build and maintain,

And our placing faith in Jesus' name.

Because in the end,

Nothing matters. 

Our possessions will lay forgotten and in decay

Our lands will lay in waste. 

But we will account to our Creator, 

Who will judge us. 

This is Life - 

Did we love Him? Did we love others? 

Because the end of life is just the beginning -

To life everlasting or to eternity alone. 

This is life.

A New Song

Throughout the depths of this life

Facing pain, Facing Strife

Tested in spirit

Bruised, but not broken (Isaiah 42:3)

At the bottom, 

We reach to God in prayer

And for the Christian, He is already there* (2 Chronicles 7:14)

He knows where we have been

In heartbreak, He binds up our wounds

In pain, He gives us comfort (Psalm 147:3)

How many times can the pains of this life distract us from God?

When we place Him first - Literally Lord of our life (And that means in everything!), Everything falls into place. Quite literally, nothing in this life matters except for your relationship with God, and with other people. When we follow God, especially in the fiery heart of our pain, and willingly place Him first...Everything changes. 

Life becomes not centered around us - and our pain - but instead it becomes centered around God. When this happens, healing begins to take place. Our pain is swept out and replaced with a beating heart of love for God and our fellow man. The needs of others become the priority...and as harsh as it sounds, our pain is quite literally outcast because we are no longer centered on us. It seems like that it is at this point where healing begins to take place. 

Praise God, Thank Him for today and how He has blessed you, and pray from both healing and for those who hurt you.

*if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and  heal their land.

The view of this blog

Recently I posted Simple belief isn't enough, and got some interesting feedback. It was made apparent to me that the original wording of the post, (which has been edited) was seriously misleading, and conveyed a view of Salvation by Works, especially since the original title was 'Belief isn't enough'.

I always keep it at the forefront of my mind when I write that those that teach others the faith will be held to a higher standard (See James 3), and I take this warning very seriously. So with that I am going to say the following:

There is absolutely nothing we can do to deserve salvation. No amount of good works can fix our broken relationship with God, and only by Gods grace, and our faith in Christ can we be saved. 

This is written plainly across the NT - And no matter what I write, or anyone else writes can change this. 

I would like to formally apologize to my readers if I have conveyed anything else besides salvation by grace, through faith. I would also like to thank the readers who have pointed out this point that I was unknowingly making in my works. 

Thanks for reading!