Live Life To It's Fullest! Live like there Is No Tomorrow!

It has been awhile since I posted a blog, I have been slacking off!  But lately some things have been happening in my life that I wanted to share.  So being the new guy at work, who is also the nephew of the owners, I have been getting a lot of crap at work, just merciless ribbing and what not.  It was really getting to me, I was really angry all the time at work and was getting ready to rip off the heads of a couple guys I work with, but then during my bible reading I read something that really effected me(okay a bunch of somethings).  I am going to share a couple of the verses with you and how they effected me and how they should effect us all.  Here are the verse:

Romans 14:7-9

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore wether we live or die, we are the Lord's.  For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy.  Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Romans 8:17b-18

If indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

I realized that my anger was me living for myself, I was getting annoyed for no good reason.  As Christians, we are going to face a lot of persecution for our beliefs.  Heck, Jesus, the son of God came to earth for us and face persecution and death because of what He tough, if we are living our lives for Him, then we can expect nothing less.  I realized that loving my coworkers, no matter how tough it might be is no less  then expected of me and my walk with God.  The anger I was feeling was evil, we are called to hate what is evil and cling to what is good, and in the end any suffering I have on this earth gives me a small taste of what Jesus suffered on this earth, and it is very temporary.  When we reach heaven and see all of Gods glory all the suffering on this earth will be more then worth it.  We live for God, we are dead to this world, we need to be showing love to the world no matter what the circumstances.  After I came to these conclusions, I was no longer angry, I gave it all to God.  As soon as I did that, I felt Him there with me, helping me, calming me, giving me a peace that passes all human understanding.  Since that point, in the last week one of my coworkers commented on how much he likes my attitude and another couple are asking me a lot of questions about my church, telling me they have never gone to one and they both have said they might be willing to go to mine.  Seeing what God has accomplished in such a short time when I started given my emotions to Him has been incredible.  I can't wait to see what happens from here.  So I wanted to share this and encourage you all to live for God, give Him all your evil feelings and emotions, show love to those around you no matter how they act towards you.  It brings you closer to God, it allows Him to calm you and walk alongside of you directing your thought life and actions.  It gives you peace and joy and allows you to reach those who are lost.  So view persecution as a blessing, something that can make you stronger and make your relationship with God stronger.  Thanks for reading guys, I promise I will become more regular with these blogs soon!

Tim