Daily Archives: September 30, 2012

11 years, 6 months ago 12

I got an interesting email when I got homelast night from Florida, it said:

 

I read your blog and find it  fantastic.  I would love to go on one of your workshops.  However, I  have a serious question.  I am Jewish but really a very unreligious  person.  I think I live my life following the basic principles of all  religions. Would  you have a problem  with me in the workshops  and/or would I have a problem  with you?
I look forward to your  reply.

 

I answered;

 

I cannot answer the question of if you would  have a problem, I can only describe what we do.  We pray each morning  before shoots,  we play Christian music during classroom and editing time,  and show film clips from faith based movies sometimes in late evening,  It  is a very evangelical experience, and you would certainly be welcome to join  us!

 

 

The final response was;

 

Thanks
I guess based on that, that I will take a pass.

 

 

Now I do not know this person, and I wish they had decided to give us a try, and this entry is not aimed at them, at all,  but to anyone to which these words apply.  It does however bring me to a much larger issue, that of why do some people lock up their hearts to God?  Why do some people turn their backs on the greatest gift they could ever receive?  I believe it is for one of the following reasons:

 

1.  Pride.  Some could never admit that they need His love and help.  They would rather fail alone than acknowledge they need Him!

 

2.  Fear.  Some believe becoming His would strip their lives of the enjoyment they get doing things they know they shouldn’t be doing!  They also fear that others who are not believers would reject them if they got “religious”.

 

3.  Unbelief.  Some people believe that no one , not even God, could ever forgive them for their sins and wrong doings.

 

4.  Other gods.  Many have already accepted another god for their lives, materialism, fame, fortune, solutions to all man’s problems through science. They believe we can defeat, death, heal our earth, and solve all our own problems in our own strength.

 

Sadly, they’re all wrong.  PRIDE goes before a fall.   FEAR is not from God.  UNBELIEF blocks our path to God. And we are to have no other gods before us,.  Some simply don’t get it!  Acceptiong Christ brings the following incredible results;

 

1.  Total Forgiveness.

 

2.  Complete Peace and Joy.

 

3.  Real Hope in a world with little hope.

 

4.  Faith to face anything life can hand out.

 

I am challanging anyone reading these words to ask yourself four important questions:

 

1.  Are  you perfect?  Do you want forgiveness?

 

2.  Do you want to have the hope of eternal life?

 

3.  Do you want the greatest Hope,  joy and,  love in this life?

 

4.  Do you have the kind of Faith that can get you through any of life’s worst circumstances?

 

The answer is simple, come in out of the cold.

 

the pilgrim