How safe is your Bridge?

I had a lovely walk last Thursday from Eastwood after I had been to my keep fit class. I walked to Langley Mill and round the little nature reserve they have. The last time I went the bridge didn’t look so old and rickety, it has definitely fell into disrepair. However, I decided after watching a lady and her dog walk safely across to brave it, I'm glad I did because I saw quite a few dragonflies (one of my favourite insects) I didn't manage to get any photographs though they are just too quick for me.

The thing I noticed about the bridge which I found quite unnerving was that with every step it bounced, I know I wouldn’t have fallen far had it have given way but I really didn’t fancy a dunk in the water, although I would have been closer to the fish and perhaps would have got quite a good shot.

But thinking about how unstable this bridge was that took me from one side of the brook to the other I thought about life and what kind of bridge people rely on to take them over from this life to the next. There is only one sure safe way that you can one hundred percent trust and that is Jesus, who said of Himself, John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” You will hear people say that all roads lead to God, they do in one way because every other way apart from Jesus will lead you to the judgment seat of God were you will be answerable to God for the sins you have committed in your life and the fact that you rejected Jesus as the true way who took the punishment for our sins. All who repent and believe in Him will have eternal life. Those who don’t will be found guilty and answerable for their sins a debt they cannot pay.

Someone who goes to court before a judge and is found guilty has to pay the penalty that the judge applies unless someone steps up and pays the penalty in which case they would go free. When you stand before God will you hear the Lord Jesus say “this one trusted in me he can go free,” or will you be judged, found guilty, condemned, and then punished-eternal torment.

Don’t trust in anything other that the true way, Jesus, repent of your sin and believe in Him. Prayerfully study the Holy Bible that you may grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus, commune with the Father every day, trusting only in Him and not of yourself or any man. If you have to work for your salvation you are trusting in an unstable bridge which is going to let you down, you will find you will arrive at a destination that you weren’t expecting.

Psalm118:8

It is better to trust in the Lord

Than to put confidence in man.

Family

What lovely birthday celebrations I had on Saturday. The family came over at noon and we had a buffet lunch, with of course trifle and cake.

I have four grandchildren one who is a young man and two who are at school and little Stanley who is a year old. We had great fun with bubbles, Frisbees, making sand angels on my beach, and playing football. We had planned to go to Brinsley (the place I grew up) but unsure of the weather and one or two having work we decided instead just to go to the local park.

It was so busy when we got there as there was a musical festival on, I had know idea it was happening, “look” I said to Huey and Noah, “all these people have come to mama’s birthday party” after a quizzical look they soon realised I was only joking. We did find room to play football, Huey and Stanley went straight to the water which we hadn’t prepared for. None the less it was a lovely afternoon, the weather was warm and the rain held off and everyone had a lovely time. We were amused when the band sang happy birthday to someone and Noah said, "they did know mama!" 

Memories to treasure

Unfortunately, we don’t all get together very often as a family, we do see each other at separate times, and we are all there for one another should the need arise, but we do have lovely times together.

I was thinking about family and how those who know Jesus Christ as their Saviour are adopted into the family of God, and as a family we are to be there for one another, building one another up, and encouraging one another. If we are a part of God’s family then we belong, and God’s word reminds us that we are not to forsake assembling together;

Hebrews 10: 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

There are no lone ranger Christians in the family of God. Now we must remember that for some it is hard to get together with their brothers and sisters because of persecution, and we should and must hold them up in prayer before the Father. But for us in the West we have no such restrictions and so we should come together as often as possible to worship, and to learn from His word. We are a family and we should not forsake one another, as children obey their natural parents so should we all the more be obedient to our heavenly Father and His Word.

I pray that God will richly bless you as you consider His Word and grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.