On my mind today...

A close friend of mine has some major life changing decisions going on in her life right now. We all do. She's torn. Hurting. Confused. Rightfully so.  No one really knows the "best" decision... bringing a baby or not bringing a baby into this world... but the thought is on my mind.  Her dilemma has got me thinking about people as a whole. I want to write. For her. For everyone. Not sure where this is going to go, but I feel compelled to write. Maybe it will help her, you, me.

Romans 14:23 says, "...for whatsoever is not of faith is sin." Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God.

It's hard to think about having a family when a relationship itself is struggling. It's hard to think about much of anything when you're relationship is struggling. In this case however, a baby is ready to be born, no matter what the outcome of this relationship. To have an abortion is to take matters into your own hands, when there seems to be no other option or alternative. When you feel backed into a corner. Helpless. I challenge you to trust God to work things out. Let him heal the brokeness, let him take control.

Many think, "I can't afford to have a child. I'm not ready for this." We need to start trusting God and claiming His promises. We need to stop trying to run our own lives for a change and start trusting God.

Jesus Christ came into this world to lay down His sinless life for US--to pay for our sins, because we couldn't. Jesus is your only hope for salvation. Only by receiving Him as your Savior can you enter the gates of Heaven. There is no other way.

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me." (John 14:6)

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

The Lord Jesus Christ has come and PAID for your sins by shedding His own Blood on Calvary. By receiving Him as your Savior, you can be WASHED from all your sins in His precious Blood (Rev. 1:5; Col. 1:14; Acts 20:28; I Pet. 1:18-19). Notice these important words from Romans 5:8-9:

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

Jesus paid our way to Heaven for us! By receiving Him as your Savior, we will be receiving God's only means of Salvation for you. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:9 says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Are we willing to forsake our own righteousness, and trust Jesus Christ alone?

 Love, forgiveness, and living like Christ would in any circumstance... no matter how many times someone disrespects us, lies to us, hurts us, loves us, hates us... will always lead us down the right path.  I challenge you to take it.