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Because of Him

 Because of Him

...I will never be forgotten or alone.
...I will be with my family for forever.
...I don't have to fear death; I will live again. "He will swallow up death in victory."
...I know no sorrow can last.
...I will have strength to beat everything that life throws at me.
...I can try again every time I mess up.
And again.
And again.
And again.
And again.
And again.
And yet again.
There are unlimited tries.
...I can be healed from every hurt and scar and disappointment and sadness I've ever experienced. "...the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces..."
...I can be happy in this life, even during my hardest times.
...I can have peace about everything that happens to me through faith in Him.
...I can be clean.
...I can live with Him after this life.
...I will never die.


I. Love. Him. Oh how I love Him! He is my Savior. Of all His titles, that is my favorite. My Savior! I know that I am the furthest thing from perfect. I know that I am unclean and unfit to live with God again. But He and I know that I want to, and that I'm trying. So He did something for me that I couldn't do for myself. It was for me as it was for you that blood came spilling out of His pores that night in the garden. It was for me as it was for you that He stood still, with His face "as a flint", while little men slapped and spit on and abused Him in every way. It was for me as it was for you that He walked that lonely way, the Via Dolorosa--way of sorrows--carrying a heavy cross. It was for me as it was for you that He hung from cruel nails through His hands and wrists, slowly suffocating, every cut and scrape and puncture on His body burning, the soldiers, townspeople and authorities mocking Him. It was for me as it was for you that He waited out His pain, obeying His Father's will until all was finished--all was complete. And when He bowed His head and voluntarily relinquished His life, yes--it was for us.

I. Love. Him. He is my Savior, and although I am not perfect, I want to spend my life trying with all my might to stand by Him, even if it were to cost me my life, because He stood by me and it did cost Him His life. And He did it willingly. He would do it again. In a heartbeat. There are no words for a love like that. So deep that the ocean barely begins to fill it. So high that Mount Everest is nearly invisible next to it. So wide that the entire earth doesn't begin to compare. So powerful that it makes the most powerful monarchs, companies, or forces of nature look puny in comparison. So strong that nothing can kill it. Universal. Marvelous. Astonishing. Unimaginable. Astounding. 
Glorious.

I. Love. Him. And even though it will take the rest of my life to do so, I'm going to show that to Him. I'm going to do as He asks. He will be my God and I will be His servant. I can ask for nothing more wonderful out of this life.

I.
Love.
Him.


I love Him and He is alive.
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