That has never been God!!

What do you think of when you look at your bible? Or look at a bible? What comes into your mind? So many people have this book wrong. They think it's just a bunch of rules and a bunch of does or dont's. They think the bible is a religion. Some system of works where you can earn your way into God's love or earn your way into heaven. Man, that's just disgusting!! That has never been God!!! Some people believe that the God of the New Testament is all love and no wrath. And the God of the Old Testament is this wrathful God. NOT TRUE! God is the same today just as He was thousands of years ago. God Has never changed. Understand that this bible that you see or own has always been about this love relationship between us and this amazing creator God. This Amazing creator God who is just filled with nothing but Love and He points at you and says, "I want you!" What is the greatest Command God gives to us? LOVE ME with all of your heart, mind, soul and strength. Direct everything you have towards Me and lets just be in love. And don't turn it into anything else. Jeremiah 2 talks about God's love for the people of Israel. God says I remember when you were young. I remember your devotion to me. God was saying, you would follow me anywhere. Remember those days when you were in love with me and you would do anything for me. And God goes, I would do anything for you. If anybody tried to devore you, I would destroy them. I was your protector. If anybody even tried to hurt you I would throw plagues at them, I would kill them because we were in love. But then He says in verse 5. What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. God goes, "So why did you leave me? I thought we had a thing going here? Remember you used to follow me and love me. You would take care of my needs and I would take care of you and protect you. What did I do that was so bad that you would walk away from me and start following these other idols?"

I think about my life. I think about all of the things in my life that I put before my awesome God that loves me and just wants to have this Love relationship with Him. My oldest son Kaleb and I were talking today about some of the things that tempt us and take us away from God. My son Kaleb mentioned food and tv. It is so true. We eat and eat and eat. We never have to worry about food. As the rest of the world starves we have a fast food restruant on every corner. As we sit home in our comfortable house eating and watching tv, there are millions and millions of people dieing of starvation and disease. How pathetic I am sometimes. We are so stinking rich it's pathetic. For the past month I have had this unbelievable hunger for not food but to do something to help those in need. Whether thats here in Albuquerque or it's in Africa or India. I can't just sit by and act like it isn't happening. I have to do something! I am sick of hearing from people that you can't save the whole world. I don't ever want to hear that again. What I do want to hear is that we can do something. We can make a difference. We can change the world. We can stop being so selfish and we can reach out and help others. So what is the first thing we have to do? Love God!! Go after Him with everything we Got. Run to Him and lay everything out before Him. If we seek Him first then everything else will fall into place. He will give us the courage and the drive and the wisdom we need to love others and to make a difference in the world. He is the one who can change us from being selfish little rich snots to people that our loving and want to give and help those in need. May we all fall on our faces and ask God to forgive us.

You are faithful and Holy God! I love you! May this letter touch the heart of your people Lord.

Dex