Living With Purpose

There are no Heavenly scales weighing our good from our bad. At the time of salvation our Foundation is laid. This Foundation is solid, unmoving, unbreakable. This Foundation is Christ Jesus. On this Foundation we are left to build. Our building materials are these: gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and stubble. Our goal is not to create a magnificent, perfectly designed structure, but rather to use building materials that are fire proof. With our actions we build a structure of our own choosing, of material of our own choosing. Everything done for self and earthly gain are comprised of wood, hay, or stubble. Everything done in the name of Christ, according to the words of Christ, are comprised of gold, silver, or precious stones. When we come to the end of life, a torch will be thrown into our structure. What will remain of your structure? You may have thought out every detail. No one saw your mistakes or maybe you made few; but if done for the wrong reason, yo...

Lord, make me small that I may show Your love and grace compasses all. Make me weak; reveal my flaws,  That all may know Your wondrous laws. Lord make me dumb that Your words may flow. Make me a fool that the world may know, That in my weakness You are my strength; Where I fall short You span the length. In past or present I have no claim, For when I stood, You made me lame; And then you raised a rugged tree With the sinless Lamb for all to see. A Lamb so pure, all else looked black. A Lamb so whole, all others lacked. A Lamb who’s reaching for the lost With love to bear their heavy cross. This Lamb is mine! This God is great! This God can whole the broken make!  Don’t raise me up. Keep me small; But show through me, Your love for all. Drawn from 1st Corinthians 2