Blame it on Jesus?

Hello readers. Back once again with another Friday Blog. With all of the preliminary politics going on in my state and next year's presidential election looming, I decided to focus on the only politics I'm interested in these days and that being the politics of The Kingdom of Heaven.

A decade ago I talked with some Jehovah's Witnesses about the Bible and what it had to say about a number of topics. One of the Witnesses said that there were "elections being held in Heaven." Upon hearing this, I became more interested and we challenged each other with hypothetical questions and opinions on what the Bible was talking about.

In Revelations the Bible addresses what is called "The first death" and how everyone will be killed and later resurrected for judgment. Upon this death we are to "pray that the death won't be long." Afterwards, those chosen will reign with Christ for 1,000 years as Kings and Priests.

This may seem far fetched to some but in light of current events it doesn't look so strange. Thinking back on my youth and days as a non-believing Christian I was a fun loving extrovert that loved to socialize and party. Much of this is touched on in my latest book, The Learning Curve. Although I went to church often, most

of my time was spent at clubs, parties, dances, and sporting events. I guess you could say I was pretty cool.

Today, however, along with work, running errands, second jobs, and household chores, you could say I am pretty square lol.

I suppose that is what comes with growing older but in the crevices of life God reminds me of his wonders and infinite blessings and I am humbled by his grace and inspired to live fuller. Looking back at that I guess you could say it's pretty cool.

Jesus' two sacrifices: "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the The Book of Life of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world," - Revelation 13:8. , and his crucifixion are testimony of his payment for us for life on earth.

Busy trying to make it out of the house this morning I thought if someone pays for your meal and you don't like it it is incumbent upon you to tell the waiter rather than blame the person who paid.

At a temp job last year I mentioned to my supervisor, generally speaking, that "the world doesn't owe you anything, but you owe it to yourself to get something from the world." To which she smiled and agreed.

Until next time remember God loves you and so do I.