Read this if you want, take away from it what you will. I hope that this makes sense. And understand that this is mypersonal opinion.
And Please tell me how you feel. whether you agree or if you think im wrong.
Sometimes you need to see the darkness in order to truly understand the purity of the light.
1) Hell is the absence of hope, joy, and God.
2) it is very real for everyone, even as we live on earth.
It is not just a place we go after we die if we turn our backs on God.
3) You don't want to be there, trust me.
So what does this have to do with joy?
Its the opposite of joy, the thorn on the rose, the weeds in the garden.
and like the weeds, it can kill everything, and suck all life force from you.
it can take many forms, from always being irritated to having pure untamed hatred for life and all good things.
Hell is focusing on yourself and pleasing ourselves. (how can we see and come to know God if all we can see is ourself?)
Hell for me was having a deep emotional scarring that made me want to caus pain for others that would make them understand how i felt everyday. I pray to God everyday that I am never that way again.
It was the most selfish thing i could have done, on a deeper level than simply just hurting others (and thats really bad as it is).
I did not know God, I did not know hope.
I got between them and God. I was a roadblock in their path to knowing God. I Deserve the fires of Hell for what ive done (by todays standards nothing i did could be considered a crime. by the standards of God, it was so much worse)
But I have faith in God because he will not let my selfish actions cause others to stray from their journey because of me.
no matter what happens in the future, I will be faithful to Him.
I have spent time studying the bible, going to many different church functions. And learning to Love my fellow man unconditionally.
And now I have felt some great things. Not just a fleeting glimpse, but a constant non-stop overflowing Joy.
So the answer for me?
Be selfless.
there i said it, you read it. Be selfless.
Selfless
Selfless.
Hell was personal, Joy and love are all-encompasing.
Note to reader, everyone has a different journey to knowing God. And it is Not easy.
but theres only one path.
so have faith.
at WCYC we had a discussion about what it means to follow Christ.
The answer for me was in the book of mark. It says "If Anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." Mark 9:34
"he must deny himself."
lose yourself and gain your identity in Christ.
what that means for each of us specifically, i don't know.
Don't judge anybody, anytime. We don't know what makes the other person they way they are.
Don't convict others to punishment. we don't really know whats "fair". to judge someone we have to be above them.
Just love
We cannot be focused on God and ourselves at the same time.
Why did I share all this? because it would be selfish not to. So share the love.
"its not about me. we can only be the change we want to see and have faith, caus its not about me."
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