Tag: Faith

~ When You Look Wholeheartedly ~ You Find. ~

The word 'Wholeheartedly' means:

'In a way that is Completely, Enthusiastic, Sincere and without Any Doubt.'

So when You Look for something 'Wholeheartedly', it means You're Looking for it 'Enthusiastically, Sincerely, Completely, and You have No Doubts about it'. 

An example of this would be if you lost something that's Very Important to you, then You would Look for it 'Wholeheartedly' until you 'Find It'.
You wouldn't 'Give Up' just because you couldn't 'Find It' at first, you would 'keep Looking'. 

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My Wife & I have travelled around the Beautiful Highlands of Scotland many times over the past 15 years or so.

My Wife Really Enjoys seeing the Wildlife such as Deers, Squirrels, Pine Martins etc.
She has an Amazing ability to spot Deers from miles away. Many times she will say to me, "There's some Deers over there”, and when I look across, they will be Tiny Little dots in the distance, yet she spotted them.
She even noticed two Deers at the Top of a Big Mountain when we were stood at the Bottom of it. They looked like rocks at first, but when we zoomed in with the camcorder it was a female Deer with her Baby.

My Wife also Enjoys 'Finding' rare Plants & Flowers in the Wild as we walk around the Countryside. She will notice Tiny Little Flowers in the grass, sometimes only a couple of inches tall.

At first I used to think 'How can she see a Deer that miles away, and Tiny Flowers in the grass that most people just walk passed'.
It's Not because she's got great eyesight, because she admits she's not.

The Reason she can 'Find' them is because she 'Wholeheartedly' Looks for them. It's something that's Important to her, so she Looks for them 'Enthusiastically, Completely, Sincerely and without Any Doubt'.

I found it Very Inspiring, and when I started to Look 'Wholeheartedly' at Nature, I realised that I could 'Find' and 'Experience' things that I had not noticed before. I now Really Enjoy seeing many Beautiful things in Nature, simply because I Look 'Wholeheartedly'. 

My Wife & I have been Blessed with Many Wonderful Experiences in Nature that we never would have Experienced if we hadn't been Looking for it  'Wholeheartedly'. 

It's Not something that we feel takes a lot of Effort, it just comes Naturally because we're 'Tuned In' to  God's Natural Creations in Nature.

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The Bible says in (Jeremiah 29:13) that the Lord says :

“When you Look for Me Wholeheartedly, you Will Find Me”.

Some translations say “When you Search for Me” or “When you Seek Me”.
And some say “With All your Heart”. 

So the Lord Himself is saying to 'You' :

“When You Look, Seek, Search for Me ~ You Will Find Me”. 

“And the 'Way' to Look for Me is Wholeheartedly”. 

Then You will Enjoy Many Wonderful Experiences with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

I've heard many people say things like: 
“I wish I could have an Experience with the Lord”
or
“Other people have got amazing stories about the Lord, but I've not”. 

If You feel that You haven't Enjoyed a Wonderful Experience with the Lord, maybe it's because You're not Looking for Him 'Wholeheartedly'.

Or maybe You're Looking 'Wholeheartedly', but at the Wrong things, 'worldly things'. 

Or it might be that You've been 'Taught' or 'Heard' Wrong things about How to Experience the Lord. Maybe You've been told it has to be Very Strict, or that you need to follow a set of Rules & Regulations.

'That's NOT True'.

When Jesus was Physically on earth and He spoke to people in person, He Simply said:

“Stop doing the Wrong things, and Follow Me”. 

There was 'NO' list of Rules & Regulations to follow. 

All Jesus asked people to do was:

“Love the Lord with All Your Heart, and Love Each Other”.

The people who Did that Enjoyed Many Wonderful Experiences With Jesus.

But the wicked people who 'Refused' to Stop their Wrong ways of Living, and the people who Narrow Mindedly followed Strict Rules & Regulations based on Traditions and Wrong Religious Teachings (which were 'Made Up' by People and Did Not come from God), didn't get to Enjoy even One Wonderful Experience with Jesus, even though He was 'With Them' in Person.

They 'Missed Out' on what is Truly Important because they Focused on the Wrong things.

~ They Focused on 'the world', instead of 'The Way'. 
~ They Focused on Themselves, instead of their Creator.
~ They Focused on False Teachings, instead of the Teacher of the Truth.

Unfortunately these things are Still going on Today, and they're getting worse.

~ It's Time To Stop ~

  The Truth is : 

The Lord Doesn't ask for much, just 'Your Sincere Heart'. 

It's Not worth 'Missing Out' on what is Truly Important,
because of 'Other Peoples' Wrong Ways'.
and 'Wrong Teachings'.

'YOUR LIFE' is More Valuable than that.

When 'You' Look for the Lord 'Wholeheartedly'
'You' Will Find Him.  

And He has Many, Many, Many
 Wonderful 'Experiences' Planned & Waiting
 For 'YOU' to Enjoy 'With The Lord'. 

~ A Simple Formula for Commitment. ~

Making a Commitment to God & Jesus is the most Important Decision of Your Life.

There are  many people who want to Commit their Lives to God & Jesus, but they don't know how to do it.

There are also people who have been 'put off' making a Commitment to Follow God & Jesus because other people have made it 'Seem' overly Complicated, or it's been Wrongly made to 'Seem' as though it's 'Too Much Effort', (but the Truth is, it's Not Effort, it's Easy).

Unfortunately Many, Many, Many people are 'Missing Out' on a Wonderful, Happy & Free Life, simply because they don't make a Commitment to Follow God & Jesus.

So here's a Very Simple, yet Powerful formula of How to Commit Your Life to God & Jesus. 

		             Your Life
	   (Minus) -  Worldly/Society Ways of Living
	   (Plus)     +  God's Way of Living
	   (Equals) =  a Transformed, Happy & Free Committed Life.

~ Safety Concerns or Society Concerns. ~

Many people are so Concerned about what 'Other People' say about them that they do Silly things, and they don't even realise the Dangers of what they do.

The road we live on is a route that children use on their way to school, and some of them cycle to school on their bikes.

Quite a few times I've seen a group of  3-4 children cycling passed, and they've All got 'cycle helmets'. 

That would seem like the children are using their own 'Sense' and are Concerned about their 'Safety', so therefore Protecting their heads.

The Problem though is that even though they have All got helmets, 'Non' of them actually wear them. They All cycle passed with their helmets dangling off their handle bars.

They are more Concerned about what 'Other People' might say about them, than what they are about their own 'Safety'. 

They don't wear their helmets because they know that 'Other People' can be very nasty about what they say, and they Wrongly focus on that.

I've got personal Experience of this from when I used to cycle to school. Other children would Call me nasty names and take the mickey out of me for wearing a helmet. Even Grown Adults have Laughed and Sniggered at me for wearing a helmet.

When I used to cycle to school, helmets had only just started being worn, and they were Nothing like the Stylish cycle helmets of today.

The helmet I had looked more like a deformed pudding basin than a helmet.

They were Horrible looking helmets, and what made it worse is that mine was Luminous Green. I tried to make it look better with the transfer kit that came with it, but they were Bright Orange, so it made it worse.
And to top it all off, the helmet was called a 'Skid Lid'.

I was an Easy target for Name Calling by 'Other People'. 

But even though the helmet was Horrible looking and quite Uncomfortable, and even though people Called me Nasty Names, I used to wear the cycle helmet 'Every' time I cycled to school.

The 'Reason' why I wore it, was because I 'Fully Understood' the 'Dangers' of Not wearing it.

When I was about 8 years old, I used to Race Motorbikes. It was called Grasstrack Racing, and basically it was a Club Style racing event where the officials would hire a farmers field and set up a Race Track using wooden pegs to mark out an oval circuit. We would then race around it 4 laps at a time.
We also occasionally Raced on Speedway Tracks, which is very similar but on a Fixed Gravel Race Track.

To be able to race, we had to wear 'Safety Gear' which included a Helmet.

At one of the races I saw a Very Clear Example of why it's so Important to wear a helmet. One of the riders fell off his bike, and the rider behind him couldn't stop in time and road straight over him. He was taken to hospital and had very bad cuts and bruises, but Thankfully he was ok.

But his 'Helmet' was used by the officials to show everyone why we Need to wear a helmet.

His helmet had a black 'Tyre Mark' right across the front of the helmet.

 When the other rider had accidentally road over him, the back wheel of his bike had drove straight across his head.

The doctors said if he hadn't been wearing a helmet, he would have been dead.

The Helmet 'Saved His Life'.  

So when people used to Call me 'Childish' names for wearing my cycle  helmet, even though it wasn't nice being called nasty names, I still wore the helmet, because I Understood the 'Importance' of it.

One day when I was cycling to high school with another person, he was about 20 feet in front of me, and he went to hop up a curb, but he caught his wheel and fell off his bike.

It seemed to happen it slow motion as I saw him falling to the floor, and his Head 'Crashed' hard into the tarmac.

I rushed to him as it looked like he was going to be badly injured. I carefully helped him up and he was a bit dazed, but Thankfully he was ok.

He took his 'Helmet' off and when we checked it, it had a huge Crack right the way through the helmet.

We both Knew that if he had Not have been wearing the Helmet, he would have had serious Head Injuries, and possibly even be dead.

So even though 'Other People' used to Call us names, we Knew that our 'Safety' was 'More Important'. 

Those people who used to Call us names, are Not even in our Lives anymore, but we have Still got our 'Lives'. 

Far Too Many people are so Concerned about what 'Other People' say about them, that they Lose sight of what is Truly Important.

It Doesn't matter what 'Other People' say about You. 
All that matters is what Jesus says about You, and He Loves You.

Too many people are 'Resisting' making a Full Commitment to Jesus, because they are Concerned about what 'Other People' will say.

I Learned many years ago that if 'Other People' call me for Following Jesus, then they are Not worth bothering about.

If people have got a problem with me being who God Created me to be, then I Don't want people like that in my Life.

Before I Learned the Importance of Following Jesus, I 'Wasted' too many years of my Life trying to 'Please People' and trying to 'Fit In' with them. It led to me Wrongly doing Stupid things to try to get people to 'Like Me'. 
And worse of all, I 'Wasted' far too much of my Life 'Resisting' making a Full Commitment to Jesus. 

But the Truth is, those people who I was trying to 'Please', are Not in my Life anymore, and Never will be.

But Jesus is 'With Me Always'.  

I Now Understand what is Truly Important.
Just as a Helmet 'Protects & Saves' our Physical Lives,
Jesus 'Protects & Saves' our Souls.

And there's Nothing more Important than that.

I just wish I knew back then what I know Now, and I wish I had made 
my Full Commitment to Jesus a Lot sooner than I did.

I could have been Free and Enjoying the 
True Meaning of Life a Lot Sooner.

Please Don't make the same Mistake I made. 

~ There's Power In You. ~

A few weeks ago my Wife and I were talking about how much Power God has 'Given' to All of us.

Power to 'Trample on devils and demons', Power to 'Achieve Great things for God', and Power to Do things that people will say are impossible, but 'With God All Things Are Possible'. 

While we were talking, my Wife said one of the most Inspiring & Powerful sentences I've ever heard. 
(I'm not just saying that because my Wife said it, I Truly mean it). 

When I thought about how to put it into an Inspiring writing, there was Nothing I could add that would make it any better. 
The sentence 'Speaks for Itself' :


“If Everyone just Believes in the Power that the Bible says we've All got Within us, 
then the devil Wouldn't stand a chance”.