On December 11, 2009 my mom went home to Glory. It was a sudden and tragic death. Thank you so much for your outpouring of love during this extremely difficult time. Words escape me to express my gratitude. People that I didn't even know knew me showered my family with love. God truly used so many people to physically and emotionally surround us with His love.
I cannot fathom going through this dark and uncertain time without Him. He truly is the Light of my life. I pray tonight that each of you will know the Almighty Father and accept the gift of His son, Jesus Christ. Two thousand years ago God sent His Son to be born in a world full of pain, sin, sorrow, and death. Then God allowed His Son to die a painful death to pay for all the sins, past, present and future. Three days later Jesus Christ defeated death, arose and ascended into Heaven where He lives today. He did that for my mom, for you and for me.
If you died tonight, do you know where you would spend eternity? In the Bible, God's perfect and unblemished Word, Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." There is no magic, no one thing you need to have Everlasting life except to ask Jesus to come into your life, to come into your heart, to cleanse you of sin and forgive you. When you make room for Jesus in your life He will extend His grace and his mercy to you and He will forgive you for all of your sins and you can live in Heaven with Him for eternity. Grace is simply unmerited favor, God giving us a gift that we do not deserve. Mercy is God withholding punishment from us that we DO deserve.
I don't care where you've been or what you've done, God will forgive you if you ask Him to. The Bible says that God throws our sin into the bottom of the ocean and He can remove our sin from us "as far as the East is from the West." You do not know what your tomorrow brings. But God does and He is waiting for you to accept the gift of eternal life with Him through the acceptance of Jesus Christ.
If you want to know more about salvation and eternal life, please don't hesitate to email me at coveredandpraying@sbcglobal.net. I don't have all the answers but I can help direct you to people who can help you.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
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Hi, Jenny, I don't know if you remember me, but I met you at your church over this past summer at VBS...I was glad to get to meet you, who I had only known through the blog world...just now I want to express my deepest sympathy to you and your family...I don't know any of the details, but God does and that's all that really matters. I also want to thank you for this blogpost...there are so many people who don't know Jesus Christ as their Savior and will die and spend eternity in Hell except they turn to Jesus to be cleansed from their sins...we, as christians, need to be more bold in spreading His simple message of salvation to all the world...thank you again for getting the message out...praying for you...love you..
ReplyDeleteJenni, plain and simple you gave the gospel message.I love you and will never forget the things you have done for me and the words of encouragement to my heart. May you be filled with Blessed Peace!
ReplyDeleteJenni! What a way to bless others thru your pain. God is working in your life, and it is amazing to watch! Praying for you today!
ReplyDeletePraying for you and your family!
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