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Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Deuteronomy 32:14

How good it is to spend time in the Word of God daily. It uplifts the soul, instructing us in the way of righteousness, of holiness, of purity. All we have to do is take what we read and apply it to our lives by obeying it. That’s it. God’s commandments are not burdensome, but were designed by God to meet the needs of all people, everywhere. We are all make in the image of God to think, reason, imagine, love and live a life of purity before God and man. Living for Jesus is the ultimate in goal and purpose. There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved! How good it is to go a whole day without doing anything that would displease God. Spending time in the Word, praying without ceasing, loving God and others. It pleases me greatly to know that I’m living in a way that pleases God. That is my reward, at the end of the day, to see Jesus smile and be proud of me. To please my heavenly Father by following His Son.

The Word says we are body, soul and spirit. It’s good to take care of the body as well. I enjoy eating healthy food like fresh juices and fruit smoothies. It pleases me well when I can go a whole day eating only things that are healthy to the body. There is a parallel between the spiritual and the physical. I find when I do what is right spiritually, it is that much easier to also do what is right physically. I encourage you to follow the example of so many that have gone before us, living life to the fullest by following Jesus. This is the only way to eternal life. We must be good stewards of our bodies and our spirits, which belong to God. No longer should we live unto ourselves, but unto God, who raised Jesus from the dead. Glory to God, amen. Let’s go 24 hours without sin. Then let’s do it again and again. Soon a lifetime will pass and we will be found faithful to Christ. Eternal pleasures await the faithful in Christ Jesus. Love God and love others. This is the height of our calling. We can do all things in Christ which strengthens us!

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

1 Corinthians 7:37

God created each person on earth in His image, in His likeness. Part of that image is having a freewill. God has a freewill to where He could choose to do evil, but He never will do that. God loves righteousness and holiness and love. His perfect, infinite understanding of all things tells Him to exercise His will to the good of mankind, angels and even Himself. All things work together for good to those that love God, because God is working all things together for good. He’s a good God and created us in His image that we might know and understand Him. He gave us freewill so that we would be free to do good, to do holiness and righteousness, to manifest love.

The Scripture says that this man has power over his will. If he does, then all people do as well. Part of being a human being is that we have the power to originate choices and carry them out in our lives. God works in our lives by influence of love, not by forcing or causing people to do things. That’s why I respect God so much, is that He, in His perfect wisdom, has freely given us freewill. He wants us to know the joy of love, the joy of giving, the joy of laying down our lives for God and mankind. God has given us a free gift when He made us in His image. God will never violate our freewill. He will work to influence us to do good, but the choice is up to us. This is a choice that carries a heavy weight, because a wrong use of our wills will result in us being cast away forever in the lake of fire. God is working every day to prevent that from happening. He wants us to live forever with Him, in a love relationship of keeping His commandments of love.

I love being free to choose my destiny. God truly is good to put such power in our hands. Our eternity depends on what we choose in this life. God has given commandments to love Him and mankind. This is a reasonable, logical service He requires of us. To choose our own joy over the joy of God and others is selfishness, which is sin. Sin is an abuse of freewill. Sadly, most of the world has chosen to go the way of selfish sin. Yet, God is merciful to our iniquities and doesn’t immediately throw us away. He longsuffers with us, choosing to influence us to do the right thing.

God doesn’t beat people over the head with His commandments and we shouldn’t either. When I evangelize I share the good news of Christ with the world. If someone is adamant that they don’t want to hear it, then I move on to someone else. I’m working with God to influence through love and the Word of God. It’s not my place to try to live someone else’s life for them. We each have power over our own will. I hope my influence in Christ will inspire many others to go the way of love. That’s my prayer. After all, love should appeal to something deep down inside of all of us. It’s how we were created to live. Love is natural, sin is a violation of our nature. That’s why we feel guilty when we sin. Let’s all go forth, keeping God’s commandments which shows our love for Him! Let’s respect others freewill choices but yet strive to influence them with love and good works. One day soon Christ will judge the whole world in righteousness, asking if they used their God-given freewill for love. Most will be rejected, but to those few that love God, they will be rewarded with eternal life. Choose you this day who you will serve.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:6

I am content with life in Jesus Christ. It is enough to seek the Lord daily by prayer and His Word, the Bible, and to listen for His still, small voice of the Holy Spirit. This is a life of faith, without which it is impossible to please God. I see Him at work in my life, perfecting me and calling me deeper into holiness in Jesus. He’s started a good work in me and He’s faithful to complete it. It is enough to know that I belong to God and He belongs to me. I have a personal relationship with God. I can call on Him for anything and He will hear my cry and answer me in due season. It is a good life I have. Simple, peaceful and blessed. Everyone should know the goodness of God.

So lately I’ve been trying to lose weight. I’ve been making fresh juice and smoothies. I supplement that with some protein, tuna fish! I’ve loved tuna fish for as long as I can remember. I’ve always eaten 2 cans at a time, but recently I questioned that. Do I really need 2 cans of tuna? So since then I’ve been eating 1 can of tuna at a time and it has been satisfying me. I’ve discovered that I can be content with less, much less than society says one needs to be happy. My peace comes from knowing God through His Son, Jesus Christ. I don’t need things to be happy. I don’t need TV. I don’t need lust for food or other things. Just give me Jesus.