COLD HARD TRUTH- it's not about you!

I've talked about my husband and my son, a little about my childhood, but I want to talk seriously about the most important thing to me, and if you're on your way to heaven, it is to you as well.  Don't stop reading- I'm not crazy.  "Jesus Freak"  "Bible Thumper"  Yes and yes, but not crazy.  Let me tell you a story.  Once upon a time, we didn't all get here by two self created specks of dust colliding.  We were created by God, an all powerful God of Love.  God created the heavens and the earth and on the earth he placed Adam and then Eve.  Adam and Eve were created in God's image and they were perfection until they broke the one and only rule they were given (Charlie knows a thing or two about this :).  Since God was Holy and perfect their relationship was broken and the human race was condemned to death.  God is a good and just judge and all good judges have to punish the wrong.  However, because, "God loved the world so much, He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16  Our crimes against the Holy God (sin) still had to be paid for, but instead of letting us pay for it ourselves God sent His perfect Son to come take that payment for us through his death on the cross.  Jesus Christ gave His life and bore our punishment so that we may be made right with God should we choose to accept His gift.  "I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me," Jesus says in John 14:6.  It's not about religion, it's not about a set of rules, it's not about what your past looks like or your good vs. bad works.  Here's the cold hard truth- it's not about You at all!  We live in a society that looks for any excuse to get rid of this message.  It's not tolerant, it doesn't support evolution, mainstream media and pop culture abhor it.  Let me ask you something, if you haven't already put your trust in Christ what are you missing?  You know you're missing something.  God placed a desire for Him in everyone, and it can only be fulfilled with Him.  We try to fill the hole with material success, with friends, with relationships, with temporary joy that ultimately ends in disappointment.  None of that is satisfying because none of that is eternal, and we are eternal beings!  We have hearts and souls and a natural drive to love and be loved!  I could go on and on, but what I want you to know is this- God sees, knows, and understands your heart....He made you!  He knows your darkest thoughts and yet He still loved you enough to send His Son to pay your penalty over 2000 years ago.  All you need to do is accept that His gift is what it is and you too will experience the way, the truth, and the life.  Real, true, everlasting, life.