What on earth are you waiting for???

This is to all of the broken, to all of the shamed, to all of the beaten down, to all of those that aren’t His.

So, I may not be that old. I may not be the wisest Christian on earth. I may not be that smart. But I do know one thing. And, darlin', it's the greatest piece of truth to ever be spoken. 

Know that, without you, His story wouldn’t be complete. You have your own unique chapter in His Book, and every single one of your days are thought and written out carefully, down to the tiniest, most intricate detail.  If you would’ve been the only person on earth at the time of Christ’s death, He still would’ve died for you. He loves you SO MUCH that he allowed Himself to be beaten, humiliated, and hung on a cross for twenty-four painful hours, abandoned by all. Tears and blood mixed at the foot of the cross as the world’s sins were piled on top of Him. Past sins, present sins, sins that hadn’t even been committed yet were heaped onto Him as He cried out to God.  He loved you SO MUCH that he took your place, hung on the cross, naked, abandoned, and without much hope. The greatest sacrifice; the greatest image of unexplainable, unimaginable, unconditional love. Even if you were the dirtiest, most sinful, most wicked person on the face of the earth, Jesus still would’ve died for you. He DIED. FOR. YOU.

He bled,

            He endured,

                             He died for you.

He was whipped,

                           He was mocked,

                                                      He died for you.

He’s given you a free gift, after all of the horrible things you’ve done in your lifetime. Now, don’t get me wrong, I sure don’t like being called a wretch as the song ‘Amazing Grace’ says. But that’s what we are. Horrible, unforgivable, dirty wretches who don’t know the meaning of the word love. That, my friend, is why Christ had to show us. He showed us by hanging on the cross. After all we’ve done, Jesus is giving us a chance. A chance to live with Him, a chance to be free from all of the guilt that comes from being born into this world. A chance to return Christ’s unconditional gift, saying right back to Him, “I love you too.”

Indeed, the people who despise this gift, the people who mock this gift, the people who scorn this gift, are surely blind and stuck to the ways of this world. We only have one lifetime to accept it. Once you’re gone, you’re gone . . . forever.

So, tell me one thing: What on earth are you waiting for?