April 27, 2009
People think God is mad at them. Especially Catholics and those that were not brought up in Christian homes. Like me. I thought God was made at me for yearrrrrrs. I became a born again Christian when I was 25, June 6, 1979.

This morning I woke up and my back hurt. for some reason I thought of when I was 17 or 18 and still in high school. I had to go get the flowers for the leading man and leading lady in our high school production. I struggled with feeling important and being noticed. Most of you can identify with that, especially in high school. So I volunteered to go. I was driving the 53 Willy's pickup. A friend named Sherry was with me.

As we left the school parking lot [Rio Americano in Sacramento, Ca], we turned left. Then we immedicately turn right to go up another street. They were building a new house on the corner. As I made the right turn, as had happened so often in the past, the driver door flew open. The catch didn't always latch apparently. And, as I did so often in the past, I reached out to grab it and close it. However, this time, because I was in the middle of the turn, it wasn't quite so easy. When I reached out to grab it, I fell halfway out of the truck. My foot was still on the accelerator, my hand still on the steering wheel. I was yelling at Sherry to turn off the ignition. She was one of those STEWPID people. Why I hung out with her I don't know. I kept yelling at her to turn off the ignition. Instead, she took my hand off the steering wheel. I almost went under the truck when she did that, but quickly grabbed the steering wheel again.

Still yelling at her to turn off the ignition, the truck went UP and over the curb and over the slight mound in front of this house. It slammed into the house, causing it to stop. The door of the truck hit a wood framing post set in cement and slammed shut on me. It broke the post about 2 feet up. Sherry, who had been screaming was finally quiet and the truck was not moving. Thank God.

Apparently I screamed, so said a neighbor that came out. She/he asked if i wanted an ambulance called. Me, thinking of the expense to my Dad AND the fact that I wouldn't be there to be noticed in bringing the flowers, since they were depending on me to do this, said 'no'. WhatEVER possessed that man or woman to NOT call an ambulance and take a teenager's word for it???

However I realized this morning...God loved me even when I wasn't a Christian. When I wasn't His daughter...yet. which made me realize what I have heard about 2 months ago, that God wants to BLESS us, He wants to love on us.

I have long thought of how Satan has lied to the world and so many people believe his lies. Such as God is mad at us, or a hurricane or whatnot is 'an act of God'. It's NOT an act of God, it's an act of Satan. However the devil has control of this earth and its people, so he put it in the minds of those that write such things, that some 'force of nature' is 'an act of God'. And we have ALL believed this lie.

I also was thinking on how God loved me. Even when I wasn't His daughter yet. Which made me think of a teaching I had in a church once, that we are predestined. God knows who will and who will not be, his children. So God knew I would be His one day. Satan knew this too? I don't know on that one. But I do know Satan has tried all my life to 'take me out' of this life. That scripture that says, 'Satan is here to kill, steal and destroy' is really true for all of us.

Another lie Lucifer saturates mankind with, is...'God is mad at me'. God is NOT mad at us! Since Jesus came into the world, He nullified God's wrath, until the time comes when the people who believe in God through Jesus NOW, the Christians NOW are taken out of this world. THEN the wrath of God will come. But even then, the Bible tells us, God will still have mercy on us and grant salvation to those that will accept Him and His Truth.

So let me repeat this. GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU. GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU. HE LOVES YOU! God did NOT send His Son into the world to condemn the world. But that the world, through Jesus Christ would find LIFE. GOD came to GIVE us life and life more abundantly. God isn't mad at us, He wants to LOVE on us. He WANTS to BLESS us.

Are you ready for God to bless you? If you have not asked God to forgive you of the sins you have committed in your life yet, why not do so now in words from your heart? If you are a Christian already, why don't you both receive the Love and tenderness and blessings God has waiting for YOU personally.

And remember, GOD is love. HE IS forgiveness. He IS kindness. He is NOT mad at you. And He never was.