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life is not pointless

What’s the point?   Every day there are questions, situations and huge hurdles that are in our lives.   If we don’t have some understanding of life, the answer to what’s the point will be that life is pointless.   Do you get that? Life is intended to be lived with a point.   We can have passion for why we get up and why we live, yet this type of passion comes best from the one who creative life and gives real and lasting meaning.   That would be our great and gracious God. Romans 4:13-16   NLT Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.  14  If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless.  15  For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!) 1...

point of personal privilege

Zechariah 10:12   NLT By my power I will make my people strong , and by my authority they will go wherever they wish. I, the Lord, have spoken!” You have encountered them as I have.   Maybe it was at church or some event that you came face to face with one of their kind.   They are strong and confident, kind and compassionate, hopeful and patient.   I am talking about some who have chosen to serve God through serving others. I am calling this post a “point of personal privilege” because there are some people I want to draw attention to, but before I get to the point I want to remind you that I am human.   Some people make me mad, tick me off and even get my mind so wrapped up that I have to back off and ask God for help.   You have met some of those people too. This week God has sent me several reminders, but in the midst of being reminded I have run in to and spent time with some of the most negative and difficult people in the world. ...