GOD DIDN'T GIVE UP..!!!!!!!!

How wonderful God is. I was reading once again in the Word about HIS faithful and positive love for all HIS children, you and me. Have you ever tried to humanize the apostles, the men they were and the baggage they had in their lives? They were not the perfect little examples of some conjured up image of what many denominations have led their congregants to believe. In and so doing they have destroyed real possibilities in some people to serve HIM as they had felt led to do, but became side tracked by the baggage in their lives that they were having trouble jetting away.

Think of Peter. He is one of my all time favorite characters in the Carpenters life. Young, fragile tempered, a little uneven emotionally, and yet totally in love with his LORD. How many of you have found many of the traits in Peters life, within your own? Think of how he would fit into the seminary enviornment of todays church, and what a nightmare he would have created, yet GOD saw through all of the imperfect layers, and molded a champion, that we down through the ages could look back on and see some of ourselves in as we worry and stumble along the walk.

James and John were not called the "Sons of Thunder", for their tranquil personalities. They were profane as was Peter, yet always trying to make the mark they were called to. God never gave up, and He was as always right. Down the line Paul, a real piece of work enters into the family of Apostles, and once again gives us courage to face our own demons, as we try to complete the call on our own lives. He murdered people, and in other ways was in general, a very nasty person. Yet, God never gave up on him and look what happened. Just to think that all of the history that the Word leaves behind for us to study, speaks daily to us from the heart of God, just what he calls and needs and that is not perfection. Humility is a strong trait, that comes after suffering, and trial, and brings us to total reliance on the FATHER.

So the next time you feel that you are a total disappointment, one that is a total embarrasment to the FATHER, one to weak to give up old habits overnight, gets a little profane when angry, yet always feel the call on your life, remember, that GOD left us HIS Word so that we could, if we would, read and listen to what HE tells us for the future, and never give up on us. We give up on ourselves, when we should not. We are after all on time in Gods time, and only HE knows when that perfect time is. But, all the baggage that you collected in your walk, has real significant value in your ministry to com.

Don't be led by the electronic church, be led by the Word of the FATHER, the one who left it behind for us to have for times such as these. Remember HE never gives up on us..Don't you dare give up!!!!!

See you next time here on the deacon says, God Bless