God Really Does Care

  
   One of the most asked questions in society is..."does God really care about me?" The question has been asked by humankind in all corners of the globe for centuries! Our lives are filled with one problem after another and troubles on every side. We were never promised that this life was going to be a 'cake-walk', a walk in the garden every day and come out smelling like roses. Those same roses have thorns, as we all know, and they hurt! For many people, their own difficulties begin to mount up around them until they feel suffocated and are overwhelmed. Most will turn to the bottle or to hard drugs in order to find some relief. Sadly, they only ad more trouble to their life and to the lives of their families This road will always lead to destruction, folks!

   For those of us who are called Christians, troubles and difficulties don't give us any 'special treatment' just because that label is put upon us! No, not in any form or fashion! Tough times come to the door-step of all human beings, regardless of who we are or what we are identified with. There is no immunity in the 'game of life'. We all have to play our part and, unfortunately, troubles are
written in the script.

   Why is that, though? Why cant we once again live in that grand, beautiful "garden of eden"? Where did we go wrong? Adam and Eve got to live there so why not us, you might ask? The clear and exact answer is one most of us don't like hearing!  Its called, original SIN! Not a great sounding word is it? Nothing beautiful or attractive about those three letters at all! SIN...yuk!  Sure, Adam and Eve had it made for so long and then they failed. They gave into the temptation from the serpent. They lost their authority in that garden! The question is answered in that word SIN because their failure to obey God was then passed down the line to every one of us. Its in our blood!

   So knowing this, now, what do we do about it? How can we be sure that God has any compassion or even wants to hear from us? Does he care about people anymore?  Without a doubt, God most certainly cares for everyone of us who live on this planet that he created! A simple glance at the cross on which Jesus, the Son of God, died and payed-in full our debt-of-sin (because we owed that debt from the beginning) and then three days later, this same Jesus gloriously-rose from the dead and is right now sitting at the right hand of God to pray for us and show us the way home!

   So whether we face illness, bankruptcy, the death of someone we love or betrayal, through all of it, God does care and he wants to help. Don't think of him as a giant bully in the heavens waiting to bash you over the head with a big stick every time you mess up. That's not who he is! He not only cares about you, but he has special plans for your life that would probably cause you to pass-out if you knew them.

   Our God is a merciful God and he is the very best friend any of us could ask for! He's just plain AWESOME, baby! If you have come to God, realizing your 'original sin' and the debt you owed, and put your trust in what Jesus did, then you can claim God as your Father. If you haven't done that yet, please, please don't wait any longer. You are NOT promised another day. Be humble and tell God you need him, then simply trust Jesus to forgive and save you...its just that simple.


   If any one wants to read how much God cares for us, I suggest going to 1st Peter 5;7 in the bible and you will then see that not only does God care but he absolutely cares for, Y O U!

Get excited, folks..he is coming real soon to take us home. and I just hve to sy one thing about that....woooooooooo!