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Great start on your new blog Todd, I will ask you the first question. If we’re loved exactly as we are, then what is our motivation to change?
Great question Scott! It’s easy to settle into a lifestyle that says, “God loves me, I love Jesus, I’m saved and going to heaven so I can do whatever I want!” Unfortunately, many Christ-followers hold this view. It’s not that their not Christian but they just are settling for a boring faith! Remember, our spiritual life is akin to a parent/child relationship. The parent will always love the child but for the child to experience the joy of the relationship, he/she should learn to do whatever it takes to grow in their relationship with their parent. We too, knowing that we are love first by Jesus, can now seek to serve and worship Him for the purpose of growing in relationship with Him. When we do that, life is much better, our faith is stronger, and we view the world from a better, godly perspective.
If God has plans for everyone, why was His plan for Makenzie to be with Him so soon? Wouldn’t He want her to live longer to spread His word?
-L.H-
Perhaps His plan for Makenzie to be with Him so soon was so that all others in her life would look at their lives with a new perspective. Think of how hard you have re-examined your life and your faith since she died. Think of how many people have come together in prayer and worship and bible study and spreading His Word since she died. Would those things have occurred if she were still with us? Would they have occurred with the same passion and fervor? Perhaps… perhaps not.
Makenzie inspired so many in her lifetime. How many more will go on to inspire others because of the impact of her death (and continued life in Heaven?)
Someone once told me that from God’s perspective our time on Earth is less than a blink. So from His point of view (eternity) 18 years is not much shorter than 100. That helped me. God wouldn’t be purposefully and arbitrarily cruel. It’s like me trying to explain to my 6 year old that missing her favorite cartoon will not be important to her 10 years from now (even though it feels like a tragedy) and my teenage students who have their hearts broken, that eventually they will look back from a different point of view. When we are in Heaven all together I hope I will then be able to look back and understand . . . from a different perspective.
how is maddie and nathen ajusting to all of this? I miss maddie so much, and hope to see her very soon. i Hope she has great freinds like she did, and the same with nathen!
And do u cry everytime u write the blogs or letters? Beacusse i do and i didnt know her that well compared to u and ur family!