Christ like? Romans 15:4

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Romans 15:4 (NLT)
4 Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.

Matthew 5:13New (NLT)
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

Such things as the scriptures teach us. What exactly are we being taught? A life of sacrificial service maybe? What kind of “car” did Christ drive? He didn’t – he borrowed a donkey for his last walk into Jerusalem. What kind of home did he have? He didn’t. He slept where he could. What job did he have? Well, he was a carpenter and must have lived off his life savings for his years in ministry. Yet those things (and more – clothes, friends, status, blah, blah, blah) mean so much to us…

We have the history of Christ’s words, the history of mankind, our relationship with God, our relationship with each other. The scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.

It might be that we should be working to fulfill those promises while we wait for God to return. He will return – in some way he will return. I don’t know how exactly, or when, just that He will.

What kind of salt are you? Are you working His kingdom here on earth or are you working yours? Do His words, whether black or red, mean to you what the mean to Him? What does a Christ like mean to you?

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46