So I was doing some reading...

So I was doing some reading earlier and there was some verses that really hit me... It is Acts 2:21-28 and it says: "And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Listen to this, Jesus was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by Gods set purpose and fore knowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. David said about him: "I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy one see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence""
 
How awesome is that?!? That God died for you... He is right beside you. He won't abandon you. How can that not bring you joy? It is amazing to me, that the creator of the world loves me for who I am right where I am, no matter where that is on the road of life. God has become first in my life because he is magnificently first in everything. He is first because he is better than me at everything, anything I could ever try to do he can do better. He is first because he passionately loves me no matter how good I am or how far away from Him I fall. He loves me perfectly right now wherever I am. He is first in my life because I have figured out that he is passionately in love with me despite my faults and the things I "do right". He is crazy about me. How can someone who feels that way about me not be first in my life?!? He made me (and everyone else) first in His life when He went to the cross. He sacrificed himself for me! And with that kind of love it seems nothing else would make sense to be first in my life but Him! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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