As I have grown, changed, and learned through my high school career. I have found many things that are helpful in life and many that on the contrary are very unhelpful, but most importantly I have found the answer, the missing puzzle piece, the one and only thing that can truly make us whole.
Due to the fact that we are born sinners we are unable to know, or see our father. The lord said for the wages of sin is death. That is what we deserve and under the law what we should get. The wages meaning the price to be paid, and death meaning eternal separation from God. Without God we can't be happy we were created to be in a relationship with him each and every person you have known was first known by God. Every person you have ever cared about they were first cared about by God. Without God you can have happy times, your ups and downs. He will still bless you even if you haven't found him yet. However, there is so much more, life doesn't have to be a rollercoaster taking you on ups and downs over and over again. The solution, your ticket to paying your debt and living life to the fullest is excepting Jesus Christ as your Lord, and savior. Christ said it himself I came so that you may have life and life to the fullest.
It is possible to fill the hole with sand, but how long until each grain slips through your hand. Sports will keep you busy, but for how long. You can get a new car, but how long is that car going to be new. Will it last forever? Filling your body with drugs and alcohol will sure help you forget your problems, but what about the next day when you problems resurface.
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
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