The benefit of being in prison is learning about all the other beliefs about who God is or is not. I have the privilege of sharing my story of how I came to know God. Many of these men around me ask questions, such as:
What if the History channel is right and alien beings are behind the origins of man and their major accomplishments?
What if all religion is nothing but a myth, a fictitious story to help us cope with an often difficult and tragic life?
What if there is no God and we are all results of random chance? Born from nothing and die to nothing?
What if the Bible is nothing but a conspiracy put together by men who used it deceive people about God?
What if Jesus did not really raise from the dead?
Then I ask them...
What if the Bible is all true?
What if God really does love us and sent his son to walk with us and teach us who he is?
What if Jesus was risen from the dead?
The reality is that no man can build a story like this on his own. This all came from a God who loves us and desires us to love him. A God who does not abandon us in a wasteland to be miserable. Our God is real and he is alive! I am alive because of him and what he did for me. I have personally experienced his love for me and I am amazed by how he can love me in spite of my sins. This gives me hope. Hope in a life eternal promised by God! I know longer wonder if it is true. I am sold out to this truth and I hope my conviction will help others come to a solid belief in Jesus.
This is my desire for you where ever you may be in life. Let the light of Jesus shine in your life and may people see Jesus in you. Let them see the hope you have! We can love ourselves, our neighbors ONLY because of the love God gives us. So love one another as the scriptures tell us. I am a ragamuffin. We are all ragamuffins. We are all beggars of God's mercy. I found it and I want to show other beggars where it can be found.
Let's celebrate the hope we have in Jesus our Savior!
Living by the scraps of grace from the Masters table,
Bryan - McFreedom John 8.36
Music to go along with this message of Hope...
Song "All my hope"
By David Crowder
American Prodigal
