"The Light Will Shine!"

 "For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:14 KJV)

  "We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first." (1 John 4:16-19 NLT)

 Having saved this for last, Solomon is closing this book with boldness, whether we are those who are truly committed to God, those who are totally rejecting God, or those that are sitting on the fence; there is going to be a day when everything will be revealed, both the good and the evil. It might seem as though it will not involve us, those that have been cleansed from sin; but as I have said before, all the books will be opened; everything will be brought out into the open.

 The only thing which will really matter, will be that we have our names written in The Lamb's Book of Life! We will be totally and completely spotless in the eyes of the Father, because we have been washed in the blood of His Son. Yet, there will be a testimony that is shown to all those who rejected the free gift of God's salvation, which will be their judgment. 

 Not sure that everyone truly understands how that works, because there really is only one way that any one of us gets saved! I have dealt with things that have made me feel unworthy, no matter how hard I try to forgive myself, it just doesn't seem to work; but if I am putting my trust in what Jesus did on that cross, I have given everything to Him: and I have no fear about judgment.

 Does that mean that I still don't feel sorry for some things I have done? No, I have grown accustomed to the pain that memories bring; but when they come to life, it reminds me of God's wonderful grace! He loves us so much; it is almost impossible to love as we should! But we will, that much I truly believe! It is those memories that show us who actually crucified Jesus on the cross: It was us...

"For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus." (Romans 3:23-26 NLT)