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To be human, I've always felt, is not an easy task. It's an unending maze of decisions and choices. Dare take the wrong one and scars await you, find the right one though and a smile is yours for the taking. Many times, our search for answers or our desires about a thing presents us with questions we seek answers to. The sad part about what happens next is, we almost always (at least 99% of the time) want to take the easiest and safest of ways out. Anything that makes no sense to us is not worth our rather limited trust. This is also the reason why many find it very hard to believe in God despite the evidence of His existence. Man is but a vapor, yet he likes to feel like he is God; full of wisdom and immortal. We then realise our fragility when difficulties arise... our weakness when great mountains rise past clouds before our very eyes. We end up looking to fellow man for help... for comfort... for peace, only to regret that decision

Man celebrates you but once in a year; on your birthday, and yet, even that is fleeting... God, on the other hand, does that every single moment of every single day of your life! So, why do we keep looking to man for the feeling of belonging? Is it 'cause we cannot see God?? ...or, just 'cause it seems like an easy way out? Faith doesn't make sense to man because man has to see, believe and understand what is brought to his door. He depends so much on his senses that anything right in front of his very eyes that isn't 'tangible' by said senses is not feasible. A lack of understanding about something brings great doubt about the thing no matter how clearly it sits before him.

Whenever man does a really good job of hurting us, we turn to (another) man to 'heal' us. We look in all the wrong places for help with our hurt and burdens. Jesus says: " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11 : 28 - 30 (KJV) ...and yet, for some reason, we prefer to turn to man. Jesus literally says we should exchange with Him our burdens for His peace, but we'd rather go to man and exchange burden for burden. No man carries peace neither can he give peace... all he has is his weaknesses and desires. Jesus ALONE can give us peace. Why look we to man for answers??

We're human so we get hurt and offended because man makes many errors. Man further gets upset at fellow man and wants to get rid of him. All he seeks for is for himself... his own gain. Jesus on the other hand, all He ever does is to love, forgive and bring us peace regardless of how we treat Him. He came to earth in the form of man so man could relate with Him seeing as He knew that man would not be able to if He came down in His Godly form with his power and glory. He then tried to help man in person with his endless problems and then went and died to save that very man, you and I, for his sins. He honestly had NO reason to, but He did it just the same simply because He loves His creation so much He'd die in place of us to save us. Next time you're hurting or you fall sick or you might lose your life, ask another if he is willing to take your place and see his first reaction to that. (The first reaction because that's usually the honest one. The rest that follow wouldn't be as honest.). Even better, try it with anyone who claims they truly love you... you just might be surprised the reply you get.

Without the Holy Spirit to guide us to love and forgive fellow man, all we'd ever have done would be to hate each other. Man may have been made in the image of God but does not make him completely flawless. The flesh does not desire what its creator created it for... it seeks its own pleasures! The spirit though is willing, and wars against the flesh in a constant battle. The spirit wins only when the bible is studied diligently and prayer is made very often (like every moment is every day). If you don't mind losing and disappointing God, ignore prayer. To win the battle though, and place a priceless smile on God's face... Pray!

"You don't have to save the world... I believe that's already been done." - Greg Kinnear #Heaven_Is_For_Real

We all, well... maybe not all, but some of us try to save the world with our weaknesses when it's already been saved in power by Jesus through His death and resurrection. ...another point that proves man is man.

Man has an off-switch for his love. His emotions go haywire every so often. He cannot remain a constant no matter how hard he tries on his own. His feelings toward you change with respect to his expectations of you; fail and be frowned upon, do the expected and be loved. You wanna know the difference between man and God, and why man can never be God?? God is the perfect definition of Constant, while man is the very perfect definition of Variable. Man naturally loves with reason, Jesus loves naturally "without reason"; man needs a reason to love, Jesus doesn't... He just does. I had a misunderstanding with my dearest and after a while she sent me this message:

"When humans get offended

...they turn their backs until you apologise

....when we offended God He came to us to make amends

Never turning his back on us

#100% LOVE"

I felt guilty knowing those words hold water... and a lot of it too. They're so true that I felt guilt flood my heart as I read those words. I realised I almost always wait for her to apologise before letting go of something she did that got to me. I also realised that I was a poor imitator of Jesus, and that I was selfish in that regard. I asked for her forgiveness as well as God's, and decided to work on living more like Jesus did when He was here on earth: Not judging, but loving and forgiving constantly. We are all guilty of this, and if you tell me I'm wrong then you're being dishonest with yourself, man and God. (1 John 1 : 8 - 9: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.)

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..." is such a comforting assurance that the thought of it alone brings you some form of comfort, yet, till now... we still keep turning to man for his form of comfort that's fleeting. I am guilty of this... you are guilty of this... we all are guilty of this. It does not mean we should sit and remain there, it means we realise our flaw in this and must correct it immediately.

We must turn to the Creator for comfort and not the Creation which needs the comfort.

~ yoyo

~ inspiredwordz

~ February 23, 2015 ; 8:56 am