Dear Grandkids,
There will be times in your lives when you will think that your life has no purpose. Don't believe that! You are special! There is no one like you! You are a gift from your Creator to this world. He has something for you to do but sometimes we have a hard time understanding what that might be. So, look at life this way if you are confused and wondering. First, you need to know that the Spirit of God lives in you as it does all of us. That is what causes our hearts to beat and our brains to think. We are fearfully and wonderfully made in His image. We are a three part creation with a body, (flesh, blood, skin and bone) a soul, (our thoughts, likes and dislikes, personality, strengths and weaknesses) and our spirit, (the invisible part of us that never dies). God is also a three part being, (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) that is the image of God.
When I was young I had no idea what and who I really was. I believed what the schools I went to taught me and that was that I was a product of evolution, a descendant of apes which were descendants, mice which were descendants of pond scum. I was basically an animal without hope or purpose. So what good was I? That teaching caused me to think wrong about myself and who I was which lead to behavioral problems and other issues. Believe me when I tell you that you are created special apart from the animals. In the image of God and the God who created you also loves you. He is your Heavenly Father apart from your earthly father. So, even though we can't see our Father in heaven He is there for us in a big way, even bigger than our earthly "Dads". He is so big we can't see Him physically but He lives in us by His Spirit. That's how He knows everything about us. When we pray that's how He hears us. All the other creations around us prove that He exists, the trees, the insects, the birds, the cats and dogs, the stars in the sky, all these things were made by Him. Look at the design of a leaf, or the way an insect grows. Look at the design of every living creature and prove that it all just "happened" by chance. It's impossible. Design requires a designer...
Now what exactly is our purpose here on this planet? What do we want in this life? Well, basically we all want the same things, and we all need basically the same things, like water, food, clothing, and shelter. Now we also want to be loved and respected, we want to feel secure and safe where we live, and we want a certain amount of comfort, nice (things) of course but what about purpose? What is our function here? The long answer to those questions have been the subject of many books, but the short answer is pretty simple. We are here to learn to love God and to know Him and make Him known, and to bring honor and glory to His name and to seek after His kingdom and when we do this, all these other things that we want will be provided for us. It really is amazing the way God works in our lives. He causes the right people to show up in our lives at just the right time, He puts the right thoughts in our minds and helps us to think. He protects us and provides for us through other people. That's when we make the effort to know Him because He won't force us to want Him or to love Him.
So, what I'm trying to teach you with this letter is to understand who you really are and what you can do to have a purposeful happy life here and now with a hope that you can live forever with God in His kingdom. Really, isn't that what we all want? Love you, GrandPap
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY
"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us--- whatever we ask--- we know that we have what we ask of Him." 1 John 5:13-15
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God in heaven, thank You for Your Word and all our blessings. Thank You for being our Protector our Provider, and our Savior. Help us to see the special purpose we have on this earth and to know You and who we really are in You. Help us to feel Your presence and Your love as we go about the days in our lives. Let us be healthy, joyful, happy, and a blessing to others and to know our special purpose, and to know You, and to love You, and to do Your will. Make it so, in the name of Jesus, Yeshua, our Lord and Savior, amen...
There will be times in your lives when you will think that your life has no purpose. Don't believe that! You are special! There is no one like you! You are a gift from your Creator to this world. He has something for you to do but sometimes we have a hard time understanding what that might be. So, look at life this way if you are confused and wondering. First, you need to know that the Spirit of God lives in you as it does all of us. That is what causes our hearts to beat and our brains to think. We are fearfully and wonderfully made in His image. We are a three part creation with a body, (flesh, blood, skin and bone) a soul, (our thoughts, likes and dislikes, personality, strengths and weaknesses) and our spirit, (the invisible part of us that never dies). God is also a three part being, (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) that is the image of God.
When I was young I had no idea what and who I really was. I believed what the schools I went to taught me and that was that I was a product of evolution, a descendant of apes which were descendants, mice which were descendants of pond scum. I was basically an animal without hope or purpose. So what good was I? That teaching caused me to think wrong about myself and who I was which lead to behavioral problems and other issues. Believe me when I tell you that you are created special apart from the animals. In the image of God and the God who created you also loves you. He is your Heavenly Father apart from your earthly father. So, even though we can't see our Father in heaven He is there for us in a big way, even bigger than our earthly "Dads". He is so big we can't see Him physically but He lives in us by His Spirit. That's how He knows everything about us. When we pray that's how He hears us. All the other creations around us prove that He exists, the trees, the insects, the birds, the cats and dogs, the stars in the sky, all these things were made by Him. Look at the design of a leaf, or the way an insect grows. Look at the design of every living creature and prove that it all just "happened" by chance. It's impossible. Design requires a designer...
Now what exactly is our purpose here on this planet? What do we want in this life? Well, basically we all want the same things, and we all need basically the same things, like water, food, clothing, and shelter. Now we also want to be loved and respected, we want to feel secure and safe where we live, and we want a certain amount of comfort, nice (things) of course but what about purpose? What is our function here? The long answer to those questions have been the subject of many books, but the short answer is pretty simple. We are here to learn to love God and to know Him and make Him known, and to bring honor and glory to His name and to seek after His kingdom and when we do this, all these other things that we want will be provided for us. It really is amazing the way God works in our lives. He causes the right people to show up in our lives at just the right time, He puts the right thoughts in our minds and helps us to think. He protects us and provides for us through other people. That's when we make the effort to know Him because He won't force us to want Him or to love Him.
So, what I'm trying to teach you with this letter is to understand who you really are and what you can do to have a purposeful happy life here and now with a hope that you can live forever with God in His kingdom. Really, isn't that what we all want? Love you, GrandPap
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY
"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us--- whatever we ask--- we know that we have what we ask of Him." 1 John 5:13-15
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God in heaven, thank You for Your Word and all our blessings. Thank You for being our Protector our Provider, and our Savior. Help us to see the special purpose we have on this earth and to know You and who we really are in You. Help us to feel Your presence and Your love as we go about the days in our lives. Let us be healthy, joyful, happy, and a blessing to others and to know our special purpose, and to know You, and to love You, and to do Your will. Make it so, in the name of Jesus, Yeshua, our Lord and Savior, amen...
