Shine like stars

1 John 4:9
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Think about it, that's a lot of love God has for us. Despite knowing that we are not perfect, that we will falter and sin against him. He loved us so much that he gave up his own son so that our lives be secured eternally.

I can't even think of an analogy that will give this act any justice. I believe that our salvation is one of God's greatest miracles.

He knew everything I was going to do wrong in my entire life even before I was conceived. Yet he watched me be born and smiled as he knew that even in my transgressions, he had secured eternal life free from the bondage of sin.

Now its up to us to realize that we are living our eternal life right now, bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus. In other words, our eternal life is now, not when we die and go to heaven.

This is the realization we need to give us strength in our daily lives as Paul states in Philippians 2:14-16 we can shine like stars. As we hold out the word of this eternal life.