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All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
Psalm 90:9
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Sure, we can blame our circumstance on Original Sin, but that's no excuse for disobeying God. Our sin is not Adam's fault, Eve's fault, nor the fault of anyone else but ourselves. We can cower from God or resent his authority over us, yet the fact remains that God rules and his wrath upon unrepentant sinners is real.
Some may laugh at the concept of an all-powerful Creator/Savior. Many scoff at the laws of living as presented by scripture. Woe to those who go through life without accepting God's grace and understanding His plan of salvation. These are the ones who will be excluded from a glorious eternity with the one who put us here in the first place.
Should we fear growing older, the degeneration of our mortal shells, and our eventual demise? Uncertainty is the primary component of fear. When we make the rules and live life according to our own plan of understanding, then we end up not understanding much and wasting away into the creation of a self-made world that offers no lasting hope. We cannot save ourselves.
There is hope for those of us who look beyond the limitations of our humanness. God loves us and wants us to grow in His Word and His Way. In our discomforts, we can be comforted. We can conquer doubts and fears with God's power. God is with us in this life. And if we are with God then we have an eternity of blessing ahead of us.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
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As I get older, I look forward more and more to that day when I shed this mortal body and sinful nature. It is not a day that I fear, but rather a day that will bring release from ALL fear.
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