True Living

Everyone has their opinion of truly living. For some it is skydiving, as in, "You ain't really lived until you jumped out of an airplane with a bed sheet that someone else folded." For others it is whitewater rafting, as in, "You ain't really lived until you hit a rock with your face." For others, it is more mundane, such as, "You ain't lived until you had the double-dutch, triple chocolate, caramel, strawberry-banana thingamajig at Dale's sushi bar and day spa." Everyone has their idea of true living.

In the Book of Mark, chapter 12, we find that the Sadducees, who didn't believe in the resurrection (that's why they were sad, you see) we asking JESUS to whom would someone be married to in Heaven if they had multiple spouses here on earth. JESUS explained that in Heaven we will neither marry nor be given in marriage. We could take a lesson from that but that is not today's point...

Today's word is from Mark 12:27, NIV, which reads, "He is not the GOD of the dead, but of the living..." To which I add, "Give your life to Him and experience true living."

You have never truly lived until you live for JESUS. He tells us that He came to give us life, and to give us life more abundantly. Do you want more than you have right now? You gotta live for JESUS. Do you want something more fulfilling? You gotta live for JESUS. Do you want to experience true living? You cannot do that without living for JESUS.

Look, jumping out of an airplane is probably a pretty cool experience. Getting hit in the face with a rock is not all it's cracked up to be (no pun intended). And, I don't even know what double-dutch is. What I do know, however, is that living for JESUS is the best life you could ever live. It is true living.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T