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These are two difficult things for me to imagine.  I think this is probably normal.  I think the reason for me that faith can be so difficult is because I cannot physically see the person of God standing right in front of me.  Now, this isn't to say that I don't believe in God, because I do, and I hope that my life demonstrates my faith in him.  What this does mean though is that this is one area where Satan can trip me up.  He tells me things like, "God doesn't exist, that is ridiculous", or "God can't love you, why would He ever love someone as messed up as you."  When I think about it too much, I can begin to believe these lies.  In a sense, the second one is true.  How could God love someone as messed up as me?  But it doesn't matter that, God doesn't tell me to make sense of every single detail in the Bible.  He simply tells me to drop everything, putting my trust in him and to follow him (Matthew 4:18-22).  But this is definit...

Last night I was thinking about a song that I hadn't heard for a long time.  It is a song by MercyMe called "Homesick."  In this song, they talk about a longing and desire to be with God.  It is like when a young child goes somewhere away from their parents, and feel the "butterflies" in their stomach, because they miss home.    When I listen to this song, it reminds me of what Paul says in Philippians 1:21, "to live is Christ, to die is gain."  Now, to be completely honest, I have felt these feelings that Paul is wrestling with in Philippians.  He talks about this struggle between wanting to be with Christ in Heaven, "which is better by far," and being in the body of Christ, which means "fruitful labor." In this conflict that Paul is dealing with, he completely gives up of the control that he could have.  He leaves it up to God.  He says that he is convinced that he is supposed to be here in the body.  Paul recognizes his purpo...