I will share about Christian books I have read or listened to.
I will be sharing about my life before and after Christ. I will include stories about my pet and other pets I have encountered.
Standing Together
Our world has an eclectic array of hair and skin, eyes and smiles. People have freckles and beards, birthmarks and dimples. They have long hair, short hair, straight hair, curly hair, and no hair.
All of them have individual backgrounds and life experiences.
All of them have unique voices, personalities, and fingerprints.
All of them have made in the image of God.
And one day, every Christian throughout history will stand together before God.
“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: 'Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.'"
Revelation 7:9-10 NIV
This passage in Revelation is talking about a group of people from all backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life gathering together to worship God. The ability to worship Him in this unified way is only possible because while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). Jesus bridged the gap between us and God by becoming the perfect substitutionary sacrifice for our brokenness.
Jesus’ power is the only power that can unify humanity. And because Jesus’ great power is at work within the global Church, we can intentionally await His return by sharing His love, joy, hope, and peace with everyone around us. Because our hope, strength, and future is in Jesus, we can cry out with Christians everywhere— “salvation belongs to our God … and to the Lamb!”
So today, let’s worship God with every breath we take by staying focused on Jesus, and living in unity with other Christians as we await Jesus’ return.
Isaiah 41
English Standard Version
Fear Not, for I Am with You
41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgment.
2 Who stirred up one from the east
whom victory meets at every step?[a]
He gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
like driven stubble with his bow.
3 He pursues them and passes on safely,
by paths his feet have not trod.
4 Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, the first,
and with the last; I am he.
5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
the ends of the earth tremble;
they have drawn near and come.
6 Everyone helps his neighbor
and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
8 But you, Israel, my ...
