Welcome to my first blog on this website! Real life experiences have shaped my thought process about different things in my life. As a child, I grew up living a normal childhood. I lived in a decent sized town with my best friend living right across the road from me. I know, how cool is that to have your best friend in sight from your bedroom window!? Me and him did everything together. I remember riding our bikes till the wheels came off and our butts were too sore to ride anymore. We had our lazy days of flying kites in the field next door and playing with a crazy eight ball asking it all sorts of questions. As I look back at that time in my life the one memory that sticks out the most to me is our trip to Dairy Queen for an ice cream cone. Yes, this moment was life changing for a six year old. As we were walking back to his mom's van with our ice cream cone, the most tragic thing, (in a six year old's mind), happened. My ice cream cone plummeted to the ground. You can imagine just how depressed and tore all to pieces I was at that moment. My best friend took my hand and put his ice cream in it. A hug smile came across my face, but at the same time I was so confused. How could my friend give me his ice cream? He doesn't have an ice cream now. I was the one that messed up and dropped mine. He did nothing wrong at all.
As I remember that memory above I can't help but see how much it compares to God's love for us. Just like when I dropped that ice cream cone, we drop the ball on living our lives for God each day. Just like my friend gave me his ice cream cone, Jesus gave up his life for us. I'm so glad that Jesus paid the sacrifice for my sins, but at the same time, I can''t even begin to wrap my head around as to how I deserve it. By experiencing the ice cream tragedy, that turned into a blessing, I'm able to have a better understanding of what Jesus did for me.
Key Verses
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand." (John 10:27-28 ESV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 ESV)
