Blogging, like a diary right? So this is my first blog and it is the going to be the inaugural posting to what I hope to be many interesting things. The subject is “living the saved life” and it was brought about by a decal I have seen on a few vehicles in my area. The decal I am referring to is the decal that says “Salt Life”. My first thought was ocean water, the beach…you know those things that are salty but bring joy to your life. Well, when I saw this decal, I was in traffic so I got plenty of time to ponder this thought of the “Salt Life”. I was thinking about Matthew 5:13 and how it talks of being the “salt of the earth”. After a long drawn out thought process, I brought my thoughts to an end with just “thats a cool sticker”.
So after I get home I look up this “Salt Life” and find that it was started by some folks down close to the beach in Jacksonville Florida. These folks were spear fishing and thought what a grand life it is to be on the ocean, in the ocean, on the beach living the Salt Life. I agree. I love to be close to the ocean. I love the salty sea air. I love the atmosphere of sitting on a beach and looking at Gods creation and feeling so small, yet a part of something so huge.
I was taken back to Matthew. I was thinking how we are to be the salt of the earth and how we should not lose our saltiness. We should always be that bit of spice in someones life that helps to make it a little better. If we arent, we lose our saltiness. Thus brought about my thought of living a Saved Life. What I hope to write about are the good things that come out of bad situations. I want to bring about good news as God has prescribed it.
You have probably heard someone say they were SAVED. This generally means they went to a church building, went up to the preacher or an elder and gave a confession or let the preacher or elder know that they did not want to live a life of sin any longer, they wanted to be saved. The great thing about being saved is that God is always there waiting on us to come back when we stray. His main focus is to save us from the wages of sin. In our bible study tonight we studied on the word “Hope” as it relates to Christians and the bible. We defined hope as “waiting of something to happen” more or less. We always hope for better even when hope may not be an option. What I am trying to get at is that God is the ultimate master of Hope. He patiently waits for us to come to Him or come back.
In my day life I help customers. I dont really like the service industry, but I am good at it. I see some great people come in and I see some jerks. The great people are the ones you want to come around the corner and give them a hug. The jerks…well lets just say we cant wait to see them leave because they just ring my small little store down. To live my Saved Life, I will need to find things in my daily life where God can be pointed out and presented. Please pray that I wont offend and that I can come up with some GREAT blogs!
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