*~*~*~*Gazing Upward*~*~*~* Building Treasures of Heaven

God has touched my life so poignantly and I am undeserving of it. I used to consider myself a good person, but that is beside the point. The point is that when we are children we hear a voice inside telling us right from wrong. When we chose to do that which we know is wrong we have committed a crime, called sin. I used to tell myself that I didn't know any better. But then I think back to a circumstance as a child stealing a dinosaur-shaped soap bar after being told by my mother that I was not allowed to have it. Whether or not I knew it was right or wrong to steal it from the store I deliberatley followed through because my mother told me no. That was going against her will. That is the first circumstance I can remember that started a whirlwind of sin. Regardless of what the particulars are, God finds all sins equal. Adults grow numb to the callings of right and wrong, unless someone or something changes that course of action. But what if there was one act so great in history that even though thousands of years passed people would still recall it? There is such a thing and it's power is no less dulled. That is, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God became human through his son Jesus Christ and died on a cross to pay for our sins. He is the just judge and must stay true to his adversity to sin. Therefore, his one and only son he sent to die a tortorous death so that all would remember the love of the Father our God. His resurrection symbolizes the victory over sin and over Satan. The forgivence we are given through his blood is amazing. All of the sins ever commited are forgiven after realizing the majesty of Jesus and turning away from all forms of life before knowing Christ Jesus. Not only do we escape from the wrath of God in hell but we are promised as faithful followers of Jesus to have ever-lasting life.