Brother Justin,Could anyone compare themselves to you? HOW?? If they really do not get to know you!For the young people today,it is much harder then it ever was for me!Many older people say just the opposite.LOL Well when I was a kid!! Yea But when I was a kid,there were no kids bombing there own school,the shape of that which we look at everyday is,and was NEVER!!! this bad!
Most kids growing up are lied to a lot by there own parents."OH better get to bed or santa claus will not visit our house"." Make sure that tooth that was pulled out by your father or mother is put under your pillow so the tooth fairy leaves something for you." easter bunny and so on! THEN!!! After you find out about all the lies the parents have already told you,they say,Jesus is love and to believe in him.right!!!
Sound like where you are at bro?? Amen Understand fully!!If this was not enough for you,pressure in school from your fellow classmates sure do not make it easier either!Gossiping,running down others all the time,being a christian just ain't cool! You want to have fun! Nature to a young man such as yourself,does you no favors either! Hormones kicking in for fleshly pleasure.The mind goes to earthy desires and pleasure as well.And now!! You want someone here to convince you Jesus is real!
That Jesus is not just a thought, but is real!The problem for you though is,who can you trust?who???Yes my young brother I have sure been where you are now! After being so miserable for so long without Jesus,I roomed with someone who in College then did not talk Jesus,he lived Jesus! I did everything you can think of, to get him off his what I thought was a game!
But this guy prayed like 5 hours a day,read the bible for another 5,and still had time to do his College homework!And receive a 4.0 when he was done! I learned, as you will Jesus is indeed most real! We do not measure our faith upon what others say,but rather on what happens to us in our own life! Be it good,or bad.To know you brother Justin I would have to spend a great deal of time with you! And you me!
We cannot be friends unless we both put in a great deal of hard work,to have such a good friendship!When you enjoy anothers company, you do not look at it as hard work!!You are happy when you are around the person you care for,be it a guy,or gal.Since you are young, but mature in many ways as well,I will not blow smoke behind you! I will tell you like it is,and you can then decide what is best for you!
Life is not usually fun,it sure is no game!It is hard!It takes no prisoners,it pounds out the weak in both mind,and body.It is my brother for now anyway,the devils playground.( 2 Cor 4:4) Did I show a scripture here?? Why yes I did bro!I want you to see for yourself,and not take my Word for anything! The enemy is sure real,and it does not take you any time at all in this world to see what he does through people on a daily basics. Pain, suffering, thinking only of self,never being content,always wanting more,believing one deserves more as well!!SELF!!!
He is a thief.( John 10:10) he is the very father of all lies!( john 8:44) he does this my brother,because that is his very nature!A nature that is far to easy,to have as well!Faith stems from what the mind can conceive. But what we put in our mind,answers what we believe we can do.A high wall is before you,you believe you can jump over,your friend says no you cannot jump,so what do you do?If you are like I was,I jumped it,just to prove him wrong!
And if I failed at it,it was only because I just was not ready to jump it yet.I was just having a bad day!! LoL What you believe either does one of two things for you,it creates,or it destroys.Like our tongue.We speak death,or life from it!( proverbs 18:21) The point!!!
There is nothing I can say to change your mind,if you have decided on it already! I would just say this to you bro!Jesus is real!Jesus does Love you!Feeling are just that! They have a purpose,but not in believing the Lord!Ask Moses! he talked big!! saying The Lord will fight for you, stand still! YEA!! SO!!!! Words!!( exodus 14:13-14) Now Moses is waiting!! God then said to Moses!!WHY!!!! are you crying out to me!!DO something!!!!( exodus 14:15) Go forward!!For brother by acting on ones faith is when we truly find out we have the faith we proclaim!
Abraham was called a friend to God, not because of what Abraham said!!! But because of what he did!!!( james 2:19-26) Many speak about Jesus,and tell us how we should live,I say this!( james 1:22) Be ye a doer then talk!Because then and only then my brother, will our words have the very power to change anothers live for our Lord Jesus!
The disciples wished to follow,until it came to dieing to self,and living totaly for him!! ( matt 26:56) They fled! Today my brother we could flee,but where? Where can we go where the Lord is not at?Many do not see Jesus,because they are not looking for Jesus!I hope through his Holy Spirit you are seeing him even now in these words.I am far from perfect!I make many mistakes daily.But never in love!
Because like you my brother,I am always in need of this love! Jesus is real!( matt 7:7) ask,seek,knock! these 3 realms is where Jesus is in us! Many ask,few really seek,and even fewer knock until the door is opened unto them!Jesus is at the very door of your heart!( rev 3:19-22) You hear the knock,but only you my good brother can open it!Will you?
This only you can decide,I can tell you what is on the other side though! A heavy cross of love! One that our Jesus bore for us,so that we could follow in his very steps one for another! To build another, rather then tear down,to give hope,when so many seem to be in despair,to give grace, when so many wish to judge,and to love,because loves covers sin!( 1 Peter 4:8) because we can now love!!Because Jesus shed his blood so he could call us his friends!!( john 15:11-17!!!) My prayers are with you bro! Let your hope rest in Jesus!( rom 15:13) For in that hope you will never be disappointed!! I KNOW!! Because Jesus lives in me!!Praise his wonderful name!! amen!
(that may not be the case with you, but it's something to think about