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Essay On Experience Of Life

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DAY 36
Experience of Life
Read: Zephaniah 3

Sitting listening to music on a rainy day. A text message comes through. It announces the accidental death of a young man. I have never met him, but we connect. Jeremy, a member of my church, was ushered into scouting by his now deceased friend.
Dead at the age of 22 years, his brother once spoke at the Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church in Harlem, NY for Boy Scouts Sunday.
He experienced life.
Now he has the experience of death.
My friend died in an automobile accident. Millon Plyler, at the age of 65 years, was hit while driving his car when someone illegally crossed the opposite median. When it happened, I had no questions. My experience of life had taught me that questions change nothing. I had to accept the hurt and pain of lost, then look for the gain of heaven and reality of his …show more content…

He prayed for our unity - oneness. That we might come together in spiritual unity with God and our Savior. Believing that God sent Jesus for our salvation. Jesus prayed for us!
2. He prayed that we may know the love of God. To be loved by God, and know it. Jesus prayed for us!
3. He prayed that we may share in the glory of being children of God. Here and now on earth we are to be in the glory of God. Jesus prayed for us!
Let us cherish the love given to us by God. We have this love because we are worth it. We are worthy of being loved, in that we are good creations of God. With all that is within we know and we love the One who has given life to us.
Because God loves us, we want to follow the Word of God. We want to be like Jesus and abide in the Word as the Word abides in us. We want to share in the mission of Jesus Christ and soak in the glory of God. We are not ashamed of God. We are not ashamed to live in the Prince of peace or embodiment of the King of kings. We want to be like Jesus.

Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, grant mercy and healing upon us, who grieve. Amen.”
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