Beating a dead horse or cat or some animal, goes the saying, is how I felt two years ago. Everything I touched turned into mud. I mean the black, soggy, smelly kind of mud. It was like a cosmic conspiracy against poor little me. Every dream I had, every desire in my heart, except for good health of course, failed to come to pass, and everything I worked for fell apart. Such pain, I sure was dead inside. And then it happened, one gentle yet mighty touch by the loving hands of my God the Father; one look from the gracious eyes my Lord Jesus Christ; one single experience with my precious Holy Spirit, changed the rest of my life.

If we ever had a terminal disease from which we were cured by the pro-bono surgery of a doctor who was previously our enemy, I am willing to bet my bottom dollar that first of all, we would be filled with such gratitude to the doctor that we would pledge our life to him. Then we would go out to the streets, filled with this new life, and tell every single person, whether we know them or not, with absolute ecstasy, about the loving treatment that cured us and the gracious doctor gave us this new life.

I was once dying with the disease of my own sins, pain, agony and problems. Jesus Christ, the only of the living God, cured me with His love and gave me a new life. The life and the message of Jesus, my precious beloved, is but good news. It is a life of grace… a message of love.

The only begotten son of God came down from heaven and lived as a human being and died for us and rose back to life on the third day. A death in which He bore all our sins; He became our greed, our lust, out immorality, our pain, our sorrow, our every dirty secret, our every bad thing and nailed it to the cross with Himself! With His blood He cleansed us and freed us from the deadly clutches of sin. He then rose to life, to give us that life!

He died so that we don't need to die every day in our worries. He lives now so that through Him we don't just live life, but celebrate it always! Every single moment it will be nothing but celebration and joy and happiness! There is not one thing, not one moment, we have to defeat on. Nothing! Because Jesus loves!

We are sinners in mere comparison to our fellow humans such as mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and other wonderful people. Imagine then standing in front of Almighty, Holy God! We are removed from God because of our sin and by the blood of Jesus a bridge has been formed between God and us. He desires with all His heart for us to invite Him in. We know we need Him more than anything else in this world or beyond! The power is in the cross, it in the blood… It in Jesus! All we have to do is ask!

Let's ask

My dear Jesus, I don't know where to begin but I know that you know everything about me. Help me. Please forgive me. Cleanse me with your precious blood. I need you. I want you. Please come into my heart and live with me forever. In Jesus name I pray. AMEN!