A Living Hope, A Sure Salvation Because of Grace

As I sat down to eat my dinner tonight, the song "Come to the Table" was playing. As I listened to the words of the song my fork slowly lowered to my plate....as the tears started down my face. I asked myself..."what breaks my heart?" I could write a list, of every time I have been mentally, spiritually, or physically hurt, left out, forgotten, shattered, when my world has fallen apart, my day didn't go as I had planned, when I was the after thought.....the list is endless. All these things break my heart, but they are the selfish part of me, wanting to throw a pity party, to live in my dis-spare, to wallow in the dreariness of my life. Then I asked myself, "What breaks Jesus' heart about me?" The list I came up with probably doesn't even touch the surface. My selfish desires, my self pity party, my complaining, and the fact that more often than not I don't "come to the table" to be set free with the redeemed, even thoug...

Only Jesus! Only Jesus! As I sit at my desk eating lunch, the words from the song we sang this morning in church keep resonating on repeat in my head. Interestingly these are the only two words that I can fully remember from the song(and it is an excellent song in its entirety). What thoughts those two words evoke though - Only Jesus-Only Jesus. There is a video series that the speaker talks about how indescribable God is. This speaker takes us out into space and shows us pictures of different stars. The last one he shows us is this. Only Jesus was willing to take my punishment for my sin.  Only Jesus was willing to create the world knowing He would die for the same world. Only Jesus can heal-physical, mental and spiritual. Only Jesus loves so deeply.  Only Jesus can fill the empty void.  Only Jesus will always be there for me and never leave me and never walk away from me.  Only Jesus! Only Jesus! What area(s) do I need to let Only Jes...