Highs -n- Lows Living with the Disease

Friday, July 12th

Another beautiful morning! The birds seem to be enjoying it also, alot of chirping going on outside.   :-)

I've been living with DM for almost fourteen months now, some days are better than others.  I really appreciate the many doctors that came to my rescue.  I truly feel much better than I did when I first started.  I continue to have trouble on a daily basis with swelling and pain but I am moving in the right direction.  I feel genuinely happy and content.  Life is good, truly and honesty, it is good.

Yesterday, we found out we are having another granddaughter, Erik and Christine are having a baby girl in December...so exciting.  Our kids and grandkids are the highlight in my life. :-)

This afternoon my sister, Brenda and her husband, Curt are coming over.   We are planning on going out to each and just visiting...we enjoy their company :-)

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Today's Bible Study

Loved but Lost

Read | John 3:15-17

Many people assume that since God is loving, He will make a place for everyone in heaven. They do not grasp the basic truths about “lost” and “saved”:

1. All people start life as “lost” beings. Since he was the first man, Adam served as representative of the human race. When he sinned against God (Gen. 3), his spirit became one of rebellion and sinfulness (Rom. 5:12). That “sin nature,” which is passed along to each generation, results in our being “lost.” Neither our deeds nor the fact of God’s love are the determining factors.

2. Mankind is dead in trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1). When Adam sinned, his intimate relationship with God died. We, his descendants, are born into that state. Although we are physically alive at birth, our spirit—the only part of us that can relate to God—is dead.

3. We are eternal beings. Because we are made in God’s image, our souls are eternal. Yet Scripture tells us that those who reject Christ as Savior will perish. (John 3:16). This does not mean annihilation; rather, the “lost” will experience consciousness after physical death but will be separated eternally from God.

4. New birth is required (1 Peter 1:3). To have a relationship with our heavenly Father requires that the part of us that has been dead to God now be made alive. When we trust in Jesus, the very life of God is born in us, and we move from being spiritually dead and lost to being alive and saved.

Our heavenly Father, out of love for us, provided just what we needed—a Savior. Start spreading the truth!

Another great day!