As I sit here listening to my 3 week old son cry I am reminded by how much we need God.
Without me, Caleb is helpless. He cannot eat, or move. He would be sitting in a pile of poop, starving. Without his mom, Caleb would die. Well if we live without God we will surely die.
Just as Caleb needs help cleaning up his poop(sin) so do we need help. We need to ask God to help, take away our sins, repent and turn away from our sins. Whatever it might be: lying, stealing, hatred, adultery, murder, jealousy, homosexuality, drunkenness, anything that is sin. God can help us, all we need to do is have a willing heart and come before God.
Just as Caleb needs food to survive we need our 'spiritual food.' To grow we must be reading the bible, and praying (not just with our lips but listening with our ears to what God has to hear).
Sometimes its hard to find 'time' to read our bible, or pray. You just need to start some where. Marathon runners don't just start with the marathons, they start with training weeks and weeks before. So that they can finish the race.
I encourage you that if your bible is on the shelf collecting dust, pick it up and dust it off. Start by reading a proverb a day or even just a few verses a day. Praying while you fold laundry or while you're stuck in traffic. Start small and you can run marathons. When the storms come you will with stand the trials.
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