and not my grandmother. I thought I was pretty righteous smoking soft drugs because I have never injected hard drugs!!! But the truth is I was a thief for stealing, however big or small the catch was. Some would say “I am okay. I have been faithful to my wife (or husband) for years. Yet inside that very same person has lusted after the opposite sex for years, fantasising to the point of enslavement. According to the words of Jesus, lust in your heart is the same as committing the sinful act of adultery. High standards eh? Yet when each one of us compares ourselves to God who is totally pure, we all fall far, far short. We have all blown it. God is totally pure, totally holy and has never sinned. There is no darkness in God whatsoever. This i s the God we will a l l face immediately after we die. And when we die we will all stand before God to give an account of our lives. Not one of us will qualify to enter His holy heaven because of our goodness or niceness. I do not care how much money you have given to charity. How good you have been in public. How polite you are outwardly. God sees our hearts, He sees and hears our innermost thoughts and watches our deepest motives. The truth is all of us have blown it. OUR SIN HAS SEPARATED US FROM A HOLY GOD.

The Son of God (Jesus) was totally sinless. He was holy in every way. His death on the cross paid the price for the sins of the whole world. He was then raised from the dead and offers freedom and forgiveness from sin to anyone who puts their trust in Him. 

If you turn from everything you know to be wrong in God’s sight and throw yourself into the merciful arms of Jesus, He will embrace you. I am not lying to you. Jesus truly has changed our lives.

By the power of His Holy Spirit, working inside of us, we live different now. Our lives are full of His holy presence, caughtup with His holy love. We live life to the full now because we have personally met the one who created us. He is alive and is reaching out to everyone. He is not willing that anyone should be separated from His love.

Please allow me to encourage you to pray and seek the face of God. Even if you feel God could never accept you because of the mess you have made of your life. Cry out to Him, He will accept you. He will forgive you and cleanse you from all your sins. He will set you free to live a new life the way He intended. God will give you a fresh start, even when others have written you off as useless. Read the Bible (start with the gospel of John) and ask God to reveal His love to you. You will never be the same again.