I am excited for this weekend. Looking forward to a long
weekend with the kids. Thankful for veterans that served this country that gave
us freedom, seeing MSU play football and relaxing. Even more than that, I am
looking forward to teaching at my church and then baptizing my son Ty.
Ty has wanted to make this commitment to Christ for at least
two years, but we felt he wasn’t quite grasping what it meant until now. This
Sunday he is making that commitment to follow Christ. Hailee and I are excited
about that. Along with the excitement means over the past years every time Ty
asked about baptism, we had talks about faith. One of the points we made, just
because you give your life to Christ doesn’t mean life is going to get easier.
There is nothing stating after you accept Christ, you will
live happily ever after and have an easy life. If anything it can get tougher.
Satan will challenge you, life will get tough at times and sometimes you will
hit rock bottom. What we face as Christians in the USA is nothing compared to the persecution Christians face all over the world. People will make fun of you for your faith and treat you like
crap because you claim to be a Christian. Just because people treat you like
crap doesn’t mean you are supposed to treat them like crap too. You are called
to be loving and caring even when it’s tough. In the end it’s not our jobs as
Christians to payback wrong for wrong, everyone will have to answer to God one
day.
Paul shares this about facing tough times as Christians 2
Thessalonians 1:6-7: “God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who
trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This
will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with
his powerful angels.”
We all will face God for our actions in this life when we
pass away. For some people, that is going to be a huge struggle. Knowing what
they did to people, what they thought of Jesus and how they lived this life.
It’s hard to be a Christian at times and it’s not easy. Paul reminds us that
when we have times of trouble as a Christian, God is there to comfort us. Maybe
it will happen in this lifetime, maybe it will happen after we pass away when
we continue with our eternal life.
I love the fact I get to witness my son making that decision
to follow Christ. I always pray that when the tough times happen in his life,
he will always know that he can always seek comfort in God, even during the
tough times. As an eight year old, Ty will face some struggles in life, I hope
I can be there to help him stay strong in faith through those moments.
If you are going through those tough times in faith, know
that God loves you. God is always there to comfort you through the good and the
bad. Always trust in him, even when you feel like the world is against you.
Have a great day.
