And Jesus said to him; “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”            LUKE 23:43  (NKJV )

 

 

Life. How would you describe it?

Paradise?  What does that mean to you?

 

Life–something or someone that has breath with complex functions.

Paradise–An eternal place of peace and serenity.

Both are consistent with God wouldn’t you agree?

The way I see it. Where there is life—there is GOD.  And to live is to know GOD.

Death, which Christ defeated has no place in the life of a follower, or one of devout faith.  Death has not life.  Life has not breath.

Life has breath.

Christ…the breath of life.  Remember when He breathed life into the Apostles in the upper room after His resurrection?  It was in Acts chapter 10.  The breath of life…to live is to breath and to breath is to live.

We’re all here according to His purpose and His will to work all things according to His purpose.  When we follow Him, trust in Him and invite Him into our lives, we begin to fulfill His will.  And when it is His will…it’s always the best no matter how it may appear at the time.

Remember that His will reflects a tidal wave of perfection that overrides any mere mortal’s will.  We are His creation and He knows us from the moment we were, even before we were.

This walk in life can be a long one or a short one.  We might have trials and tribulations and we might have joy.  That’s life…ups…downs…and eventually, eternity.

Promises foretold by our Father lovingly weave through the pages of His Word.  When we embrace those promises and honor Him through our actions and thoughts and love, we are clinging to the reality of their existence and therefore, to our eternal life.

Before we move on to the next journey in our lives, we have a job to do here. When we’ve completed it, we will be called home.  When we’re called home to our Father…we’re promised, in Jesus’ words, “Today you will be in Paradise with Me…”

So breath.

Live.

Love.

And…do what you’re called to while here on earth.  And remember…everything you do while here on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Choose your path, and choose it wisely. As God gives us free will.

Narrow path?  Or wide path?

Choose that narrow path and know that when our time is done on earth we’ll be on the golden path of eternal life, reaping what we sowed here on earth, and rejoicing in Paradise for evermore.  Amen~

 

 

The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

⁴⁴ While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. ⁴⁵ And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. ⁴⁶ For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

Then Peter answered, ⁴⁷ “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” ⁴⁸ And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.

 

Acts 10:44-48