Soul
Today I went to church with my Dad. It was a great service and I learned things about David's life that I didn't know before. It was a special service and all of the kids were involved. The energy in that room was wonderful and the experience made me think about something one of my coworkers said one day at work.
He said that he didn't believe people had souls. Which to date, is the saddest thing I've ever heard anyone say.
I realize that it's his opinion and I respect that. But I still find it depressing that there are people who think this.
In my life I have seen miracles and have "felt" my soul many times. My co worker asked me what it "felt" like and it was hard to give an answer.
It feels like being plugged into an outlet. Like there is this beautiful and overwhelming energy that engulfs you. It is the most joyful and electrifying experience.
It's like you're a cell phone and you don't realize it but you're battery is dying. Until that moment at church or reading the Bible or talking to someone or listening to music when it feels like you've been plugged into this massive power source and it just...feeds your soul!
It's the best feeling there is and in this discussion with my coworker I told him that I could never be convinced that humans don't have souls because I've felt mine! I've seen it! It gives me the strength to do things that I never dreamt possible!
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My pastor said something to the congregation once that stuck with me. He said that he's led both Christian and non-christian funerals and that the latter is just the saddest thing you could ever imagine. Because they believe that life is it! That this is all there is!
What a sad and hollowing thought.
And although it was a very long time ago, there was a man who beat death. A man who conquered sin and hell and came back to tell us that this isn't all there is!
This man did so much more for you and I than we can even comprehend. He did more than take a bullet for us or push us out of the way of a busy street. He didn't just die for us, he conquered death for us.
And not only that, but my life is guided by him, Jesus, and by God. And I have seen miracles unfold and incredible superhuman timing and beautiful things because my eyes are open and my heart believes in not only an entity greater than myself, but also in a king who humbled himself by becoming human, dying, conquering death and returning.
Forget Superman and Batman and Iron Man. We already have a hero. And he doesn't need a spaceship or superpowers or high tech gear, because He is the son of the creator of the universe!
And He lives in us every single day...in our souls. He waits for us to come to Him. To love him just a tiny fraction of how much He loves us. And when we no longer can use these shells of bodies, we return to him, our souls return to him, if we have accepted that he is our Lord and Savior. That's it!
And that should make your soul rejoice.
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John 3:16
1 Peter 3:18
John 5:24
He said that he didn't believe people had souls. Which to date, is the saddest thing I've ever heard anyone say.
I realize that it's his opinion and I respect that. But I still find it depressing that there are people who think this.
In my life I have seen miracles and have "felt" my soul many times. My co worker asked me what it "felt" like and it was hard to give an answer.
It feels like being plugged into an outlet. Like there is this beautiful and overwhelming energy that engulfs you. It is the most joyful and electrifying experience.
It's like you're a cell phone and you don't realize it but you're battery is dying. Until that moment at church or reading the Bible or talking to someone or listening to music when it feels like you've been plugged into this massive power source and it just...feeds your soul!
It's the best feeling there is and in this discussion with my coworker I told him that I could never be convinced that humans don't have souls because I've felt mine! I've seen it! It gives me the strength to do things that I never dreamt possible!
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My pastor said something to the congregation once that stuck with me. He said that he's led both Christian and non-christian funerals and that the latter is just the saddest thing you could ever imagine. Because they believe that life is it! That this is all there is!
What a sad and hollowing thought.
And although it was a very long time ago, there was a man who beat death. A man who conquered sin and hell and came back to tell us that this isn't all there is!
This man did so much more for you and I than we can even comprehend. He did more than take a bullet for us or push us out of the way of a busy street. He didn't just die for us, he conquered death for us.
And not only that, but my life is guided by him, Jesus, and by God. And I have seen miracles unfold and incredible superhuman timing and beautiful things because my eyes are open and my heart believes in not only an entity greater than myself, but also in a king who humbled himself by becoming human, dying, conquering death and returning.
Forget Superman and Batman and Iron Man. We already have a hero. And he doesn't need a spaceship or superpowers or high tech gear, because He is the son of the creator of the universe!
And He lives in us every single day...in our souls. He waits for us to come to Him. To love him just a tiny fraction of how much He loves us. And when we no longer can use these shells of bodies, we return to him, our souls return to him, if we have accepted that he is our Lord and Savior. That's it!
And that should make your soul rejoice.
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John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
1 Peter 3:18
"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit"
John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
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