"The Kids are Gonna Love This."

“What is the deal with Lightning bugs? I mean, here is this rather ordinary looking flying insect, but wait … it has a glow-in-the-dark rear end.
What was God thinking?
I’m sure science has all kinds of explanations about how this fluorescent fanny is useful for mating and other stuff, but why did God choose to make the lightning bug glow? I wonder if when God was creating all the animals and everything around us, He came up with the idea of the Lightning bug and said, “The kids are gonna love this.”
We know that God loves us enough to create all the things we need to survive,
but does God love us so much He created some things just to make us smile?
Just seeing Lightning bugs takes me back to those warm summer nights of my youth. I’d be running around the back yard with my empty Mason jar, racing toward the flashing lights all around me. I can still feel the joy and hear the laughter echoing through my memories. Lightning bugs were as much a part of summer as fireworks, fresh tomatoes, and big ice-cold slabs of juicy watermelon.
God created so much diversity in this world, much more than is needed for mere survival. He made all of this for us, and He wants us to enjoy it. We can get so busy surrounding ourselves with man-made goods that we don’t notice the living tapestry God has laid out all around us.
I guess Lightning bugs do have a purpose after all. They are a reminder of a creative God who loves us so much, He’d even paint the rear end of a bug …
Just to see us smile…. :o)”
My friend, Diane.

For God So Loved "Those People"

For God So Loved "Those People" John 3:16-17 Note: This is not a peaceful post. In fact, it could be rather divisive. Truth has a way of doing that.

For God so loved liars, that He gave His only Son, that if a liar believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn liars, but in order that liars might be saved through Him.

For God so loved cheaters, that He gave His only Son, that if a cheat believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn cheaters, but in order that cheaters might be saved through Him.

For God so loved thieves, that He gave His only Son, that if a thief believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn thieves, but in order that thieves might be saved through Him.

For God so loved adulterers, that He gave His only Son, that if an adulterer believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn adulterers, but in order that adulterers might be saved through Him.

For God so loved homosexuals, that He gave His only Son, that if a homosexual believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn homosexuals, but in order that homosexuals might be saved through Him.

For God so loved pornographers, that He gave His only Son, that if a pornographer believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn pornographers, but in order that pornographers might be saved through Him.

For God so loved murderers, that He gave His only Son, that if a murderer believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn murderers, but in order that  murderers might be saved through Him.  

For God so loved rapists, that He gave His only Son, that if a rapist believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn rapists, but in order that rapists might be saved through Him.

For God so loved pedophiles, that He gave His only Son, that if a pedophile believes in Him they will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn pedophiles, but in order that pedophiles might be saved through Him.

For God so loved the world (that means the entire world, not just the "good" people), that He gave His only Son, that whoever (anybody, be it sweet little child or the person that rapes and murders that child) believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world (We all know what it's like to be condemned; by others, or by ourselves. If you don't yet, you will.) but in order that the world might be saved (from death, judgement, circumstances, sins, addictions, anything that holds you; He can and will save you) through Him.

Think about who you consider "those people" and put them into the verse. It might just change the way you view them.

This post is not aimed at the "bad" people, but at the "good" people who consciously or unconsciously condemn others and forget that God loves them and Christ died for them too.

The Fruits of Love

The fruit of the spirit is LOVE. Joy is love's strength. Peace is love's security. Long-suffering is love's Patience. Gentleness is love's conduct. Goodness is love's character.  Faith is love's confidence.  Temperance is love's victory. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23