"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17
This reminds me that Jesus is my story. God changes your heart and that is when the challenges start. Paul was a changed man. Corinth was an evil place. The church struggled to show and clean and revived heart. God can change anyone's heart. He's up for the challenge. God has called us into challenges, hoping to change the world. Many people are walking away from God. There are challenged to the changes our culture is making. We have forgotten the least, last, and lost. We have a very challenging change. We need a change in faith. A revival in our soul. Most of life is pretty challenging. Everything we do takes effort. Put your effort in God. We take time to do what we want to do. Make time for God and make Him a top priority.
I just recently finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. I had no idea what this novel was going to be about going into it; all I knew was that our 10th grade English class study it. Right off the bat I noticed that our narrator was not your average Joe. The narrator is death. When I realized this I said to myself, "Oh this is going to be good." The novel is all about the Holocaust and it is shown from a German point of view. Leisel Meminger's mother gives her away to a foster German family. On the trip to this new family, Leisel's brother dies. So right from the start death is there. I'm not going to give you a synopsis of it, because I think you should read it for yourself. Just know that a German family hides a Jew in their basement for a while, and death is around every corner. That last line of the novel really got me though..."I am haunted by humans."
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