I realise that I haven't written a blog for a while and I know you must be missing them. Life has been a little crazy recently. Trying to juggle our house build, our church growing and everything else that needs to happen is proving interesting.
I have never realised that major building work can be so stressful! Well actually it isn't the building work and the complete chaos that ensues that is the problem, but it is all the decisions. Which kitchen to have, what lights to have and how many, which bathroom, which toilet, which taps, which shower head, what type of flooring in what room and the list goes on and on and on. As my daughter often asks - "What was it like in the olden days Daddy?" Well in the olden days you chose one hanging light in each room, you chose a white toilet, a white sink and a white bath. You chose lino or tiles for the kitchen and carpet for the rest of the house. Decision making was so much easier. I can't travel anywhere nowadays without looking at people's front doors and what colour they are and what they look like. I go into people's houses and check out the brightness of lights and what type of floor covering they have. It's hard to relax when you know you have to make important choices. After our house is complete I really don't want to make another decision about anything where there is so much choice. (Unless someone invites me out to a nice restaurant!)
But today, when I have been thinking about decisions, I remember a decision that was made that impacted the world like no other decision. It was at a time that mankind was in a desperate condition. When you and I were helpless to get out of our pit of sin and rebellion and facing eternal suffering apart from God, a decision had to be made in heaven. A Father and Son looked down from their amazing thrones and saw the situation that we were in and made a decision. They didn't deliberate about it. They didn't discuss it for hours on end. Actually, they had already agreed on the decision before all of creation came into existence. The decision was more about the timing. And then suddenly, heaven was torn open and God stepped into the world in the form of a helpless baby. This decision would change everything. Think about it... God came down and clothed himself in flesh so that he could be tempted in every way to prove that he was the perfect sacrifice for our sin and rebellion. This choice, this amazing decision, sent Jesus to the cross. Dad in heaven saw you before the creation of everything and said to the Son, "I want that little one to be my own child. But the only way that is going to happen is for a perfect sacrifice to die so that their sin will be removed once and for all." And that my friend is exactly what happened. If you don't know that there is a Father in heaven who loves you and wants you to know Him intimately then you have the most important decision to make in your life. It is a decision that will affect you for the rest of eternity. If you want to know more then you can leave a comment here. If you have already made that decision and received His amazing gift then praise God. You are now assured eternal life in a mansion that is especially designed for you. It will be a place where you won't have to decide what flooring to have or what colour the walls need to be, because your Dad knows exactly what you like and is now preparing it for you. How cool is that? Many, many blessings on you...
