LIKE THE GOOD THIEF

Like the good thief, I hang on the cross by the Lord.

I have done bad, He has not.

I deserve to be there, He does not.

I beg mercy.

Others ridicule my Lord and make fun of him, spitting and calling names.  I should warn them, like the good thief did.  Maybe they will change their ways, maybe they won’t, but that is not for me to worry about.  

The world has gone crazy.  Good has become bad and bad has become good!  If you stare at it too long, you can start drowning because the waves are just too big and too scary.  I must keep my eyes on my Lord.  I must hang next to him and ask Him to remember me. I must spend more time admitting my own sins and looking at myself through the eyes of God.  I shudder to think of how He who is all-good and all-loving must see me!  I ask that He sees me only through the blood of the lamb, for it is in my Christ that I take refuge!  He is my only hope. 

The days are dark, but we are the light of the world.  Do not stare at the world or the darkness can take you over.  Stare at Christ and be the light of the world!

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter”.  Isaiah 5: 20

“If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.”  1 John 1: 10

Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” ²⁹ And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. ³⁰ But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” ³¹ Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “ You of little faith, why did you doubt?”   Matthew 14: 28

Jesus, I trust in you!!!