Life is Suppose to be beautiful

For us as Christians, life is suppose to be beautiful, but sometimes it is not. Why is that?

I suspect that life is beautiful when we have the right mindset, and it is not so beautiful when we have the wrong mindset. I think that we have two common failings that get in the way of living the abundant life:

1. We tend to step away from the new life we have in Christ and live in the flesh; and

2. We tend to value things based on cost. Examples: We tend to think from a mindset that says … Rolex is better than Timex …. Cadillac is better than Chevy…… Country Club is better than Library Club … Gold is better that Silver…..

Is our tendency to stay because we fail to realize the cost of this new life we have in Christ?  Good Friday and Easter, just past, are rich reminders of the cost of this new life that is available to us.

What is this new life suppose to look like? It is a life where ….. the impossible becomes plausible….. the hopeless become hopeful ….. the bleek become blessed …. the desparing becomes delightful …. the tragic becomes thriumphant.

We are empowered to walk in the newness of life …. if we so choose. If we choose to walk in that life, then….. life can be beautiful…. pain can be bearable ……trouble can be endurable …. tragedy can be transformable ….  time can be redeemable …. gaps between us are bridgeable …. communites can be renewable…. rivers are crossable …… and justice is achievable.

We know that anything is possible with God. Because of this new life we have in Christ ….

goals are reachable …. death is stoppable ….. our work is doable…..freedom is available…. love is unstoppable ……. hope is viable …..victory is attainable ….. faith is powerful … and people are loveable … the future is shapable … and we can be remarkable ….

Becasue of who we are “in Him”……. dreams can come true ….. prayers can be answered …. hope can be realized …. life can be much better than when we try to live on our own ….

It is because of this new life that we have new opportunities …..

if we fell down …. we can get back up

if we fell over ….. we can stand back up

if we fell out … we can make up

if we quit … we can rejoin

He came to provide us with the abundant life …. a life filled with meaning and purpose. Life is beatiful when we permit Him to lead ………

 

 

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