Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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God wants to help us, in any way He can, to reach our full potential. He can do this only by making it possible for us to be in His presence. He made it possible by sending Christ to bridge the gap between God and man. He is not only our Savior, but also our Father. As our Father, He wants the best for us. The Bible says that if God loves His natural creation so much that not a sparrow falls without His knowledge, then how much more must He love man. His greatest crea- tion. God does love us and care for us. He loved us so much that He could not bear for us to live in sin with no way out or to see us forever barred from communion with Him. So He sent His son to die for us on the cross, that we might have life everlasting. Thanks to God ' s love, we have the choice of remaining as we are or accepting Christ into our lives and learning a new way to live. This in- volves a complete change in the direction our lives have been taking. Through Christ, we have made a 180 turn, and have left our ways of sin to focus our lives, thoughts, and ambitions on Him.

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Most of us have learned the hard way that becoming a Christian does not make all of our problems disappear. In fact, it often seems to add to them. A higher standard is expected of the person who claims to be a Christian than one who does not. People are not perfect and they make mistakes. So do Christians, for they too are only people, and that fact is largely ignored. The main difference between the Christian and the non-Christian is that Christ is there to help us Christians through every problem that we face. He will not work everything out for us, to be sure, but He will give us direction.