Loving In The Image Of Jesus Christ

Ye have not resisted unto blood,

striving against sin. And ye have 

forgotten the exhortation which 

speaketh unto you as unto little

children, My son, despise not thou My

the chastening of the Lord, nor faint

when thou art rebuked of him for whom

the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and 

scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.

Hebrews 12:4-6

     The last three weeks have been in the least trying, a time that no one wants to endure, but many are and dealing with worse things than what I have, Melonomia cancer, The struggle is far from over with two more reconstruction surgeries and other thing that were found during examination. Thanks for friends, but one thing that is discouraging is that those friends do not believe in Jesus Christ and my Church family has not even contacted me, but did leave messages that they would pray for me. Easy to say, but often is only a salve on their desire to sound godly. I am not so upset as I am discouraged for this seems to be the culture of the Church today, go to hear a sermon, go to some events, listen to "Christian Music," etc., but never getting to do intercessory prayer. As Authentic Christians we are to care for our brothers and sisters, not the other way around where non-Christians are doing what Christians should be doing. Why bring this up? 

     Jesus Christ loved us so much that He was willing to lower Himself as the Wisdom of God to become The Only Begotten Son of God, all because He loves His children. We too should love like Jesus. As the writer of Hebrews writes: we have forgotten the exhortation that we are the children of God and while we must go through various trials and temptations, Jesus Christ never leaves us, but we leave Him. How? By not caring for those in need in your Church. Do not do what we as Christians are to do then we will face chastening, one way or form, or another. It is this chastisement that will bring us back into the fold of God's shceep. 

     God does not hate us, He hates sin! God loves us: He died for us! We are to be in His image! So then we all must ask the question, are we really living in the image of Jesus Christ? This is how we help those in need and how we show the love of God to the world. 

     I am writing this under much duress for my eyes are covered much with the skin from my forehead, a flap that will generate new skin where they removed the cancer.  thank you for  your prayers, and do pray for my brother who has been diagnozed with kidney cancer and is facing his time of trial. 

Happy is he that hath God

      of Jacob for his help,

whose hope is in the LORD 

    his God.

                  Psalm 146:5

We are truly blessed

Richard L. Crumb