I feel so lost and so tired

[sandi2]

So Tired.......oh, that hurts my heart b/c you must be so miserable and feel so desperate to pray and yet not even know who or what you are praying to. May I tell you this? There is no such thing as "blind faith". First, you have to understand what "faith" it. Faith is a "spiritual" action of believing in something that you cannot see or touch, but you know and you accept it by "believing" it. Secondly, faith must have an object. You have to place your faith in somebody of some thing (like a higher power).......if there is no object to your faith.....then it is all in vain. Does that make sense?

As I told you, I am a Christian, so of course I believe in God and I believe in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I use to use a picture of a Shamrock at St. Patrick's day to teach children about the Holy Trinity, which is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.....b/c this is hard for adults to understand, much less children. As you know, a Shamrock leaf has three heart shaped edges (as best as I can describe it) and I use to print the big word GOD in the center of the leaf and on each of the three heart-shapes I would write Father on one, Son on one, and Holy Spirit on one. It helped the children to see that there is One True God, but He has three personalities, so to speak. It is very hard to describe. I often use H2O to explain. H2o in the liquid form of water can represent the Father, and when you take H2O and freeze it solid it becomes ice.....that represent the Son when He came to earth in human form, then you can take that same H2O and you can put it over a fire and boil it until it become like a vapor or steam......that is kind of a picture of the Holy Spirit. All three had a part in making the world and all three have a part in the life of a Christian.......and all three make up Who God is. One is not more important that the other. The Bible says that there is only one way into Heaven and that is to receive Christ as your personal Savior. One must realize that he is a sinner and cannot save himself by being good or working his way into Heaven. That is why God the Son came to earth to be a sacrifice for man......so we would have a choice to make. If it had not been for Jesus making that sacrifice in our place b/c of our sinfulness....we would be totally helpless and lost for all eternity. But, our personal choice is what will decide our destination in eternity. God does not send anyone to hell. The individual that rejects Christ as their Savior sends themselves there as a result of their unbelief in Him. It is a personal, free, choice and God does not force it on anyone. He IS THE HIGHER POWER, and when you realize that you are a sinner and need a Savior, you will feel something in your heart that troubles you. Makes you think upon these things and makes you feel pretty uncomfortable b/c of your lost condition. That "feeling" is the result of the Holy Spirit of God that is beckoning you to accept Christ as your personal Savior. He won't keep doing it always, so a person should not keep putting off being saved. The only prayer that God hears from an unbeliever is the prayer to be saved. Then after you believe in Jesus Christ and accept Him into your life as your Lord and Savior, God will hear every word you pray for the rest of your life and all His promises in His Word (the Bible) is for us, His Children. It's great!

I could talk for days about this and I could try to convince you all the ways that prove God is real, but I think the Holy Spirit can do that. It is like the wind. We cannot see it, but we can see the effects and even feel it. When we are a child of God, we can "feel" it. You can look all around this planet and look at the creation and see the effects of what God has done. I can tell you the effects God has done in my own life. A lot of people blame God for the trouble here on planet earth, but this is not His world (even though He created it) b/c He gave this planet to Satan (the devil) to rule until the Lord returns the second and final time. Sin on this earth is the cause of the horrible things that are in the world today......it is not God's fault and not b/c He is mean. He is a God of love. There is one more thing I want to say to you and if you don't want me to mention any of this again, just say so. There is no sin greater that God's saving grace. You do not have the power to commit a sin that God cannot forgive. You may have heard about the "unpardonable sin" the Bible speaks of? Well, that is talking about one thing that will result in a person spending eternity in hell (the lake of fire) and that one thing is the result of their own personal choice......and that is the rejection of Jesus Christ as Savior. God made you a free agent to chose. Aren't you glad? But now, the ball is in your park. I do hope you will believe. I have been a Christian since I was 11 years old. My life has not been easy, but I would not and could not face what I do without my Lord in my life. God has been good to me and I could tell you stories of how I have seen His grace in action time after time. But, I will hush for now. I hope you will take what I've said into a lot of thought b/c I am very concerned for you. Troubles do have a way of bringing us to our knees, but if you don't know Who you are bowing down before.......how is it going to help you?

If you should have any questions, please, please feel free to ask me. As you can tell, I love to talk about the Lord, and the Bible, but I won't force it upon anyone if they do not want to hear it. I only want to help.

Take care,
Sandi