Don’t make your life with someone you can live with, but make your
life with someone you cannot live without.” At the
time I saw this saying, I thought, "I do not necessarily agree with
this." A person would be extremely blessed to be able to find that special
person whom they simply could not live without as long as they were, at the
same time, one you could live with. By that I mean, kind, gentle,
understanding, and always there for you without the ups and downs of
quarreling, sulking, or constant disagreement.
Then it hit me! Wow! How profound?
I have actually been living with that One person I simply cannot live
without since the age of ten. In fact, I cannot imagine my life without Him. He
is kind, understanding, loving, protective, and always there for me.
After I was saved, I remember being afraid of the thunder and lightning. My
mother reminded me one night during a thunderstorm that God could take away my
fear if I would just say a little prayer to Him. Since that time I have been
able to peacefully sleep through many natural storms and, also, other storms in
my life as I remember the words, “
for the Lord your God
goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
When I wonder how God can forgive a sinner like me and still love me in
spite of it, I think about how He loved the thief on the cross who chose, at
the end of his life, to believe in Jesus. Jesus answered him as He, himself,
hung there bleeding for the sins of the world,
“Truly I tell you,
today you will be with me in paradise.”
There have been so many times in my life when I have neglected to pray for
guidance, to thank Him for blessings, and to walk in the path which I knew I
should. I have made so many mistakes and have so many regrets, but God loves me
still. He is the One I talk to when I am lonely, when I am sleepless during the
night, and when I struggle with problems during the path of life.
When others may choose to condemn me, God loves me. How can He do this? My
answer comes from Isaiah 55,
“Let the wicked
forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon. For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways.”
If anyone desires a life-long partner whom they simply cannot live without,
and One who will provide eternal life, choose God. I am so glad I did.
John 3:16 " For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.”
John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
