Living a life Christ died to give

When the Sonagrapher told Sabrina my wife and I that we were having a boy, of course we were both excited and the news made things even more real, especially for me. I experienced great joy and I also had a sense of overwhelming responsibility in thinking about trying to raise a young man in this world today. I thought about the issues and personal struggles that still linger in my life and how I wished the Lord had gotten rid of those before my first child is born. This however, is not reality and we are all a work in progress and our Creator and Savior is patient.

A question I came across this week was, “Are you living the life that Christ died to give you?” 1 John 1:6 says, “If we claim to have fellowship with God yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth”. Christ has not only died and risen to forgive us, but has died to set us free from sin in this life. I no longer have to live as a prisoner to sin, but can live the life God has always intended me to live by being in fellowship with Him. God will continue to refine His children and I know my soon to be son Graydon will not always see his dad live a perfect life, but I hope he can see God’s love through me as I strive to live a life Christ died to give.