This Should Be The First Post....Oops.

I should've realized that not everyone will understand the title of my blog right off the bat....... My bad, y'all! :D

Okay. So, I named my blog "He Lived To Die So I Die To Live".............Obviously the first part is about My Love, Jesus ;)

But the second part, "i die to live" refers back to a retreat I went on a couple years ago....Let me share with you a Bible verse that was introduced to me that weekend:

"I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces much fruit." -John 12:24 

So, what is meant by this beautiful passage is that, if we don't make sacrifices (a.k.a little deaths) here and there throughout the day, dying to what we want and desire for the greater glory of God, our actions will not produce as much goodness as they could. 

I'll give you an example so you can better get what I'm saying: so you come home from school, and you're just ready to throw your 20lb book bag in the corner and turn on the TV with a bag of chips in your lap and just zone out for the next 3 hours....of course what you would like to do is watch Phineas and Ferb for the next 3 hours and let that book bag collect dust as it sits neglected in the corner........but when you say "You know what, Jesus? I'm gonna study physics first, because I know that I have a physics test tomorrow, and I know You want me to ace that test. This one's for You!"

...that was you dying to your desires for love of God. And these deaths come in all shapes and sizes. (...yeah that sounded a little weird...) Every day God gives you opportunities to die to yourself and increase in His graces and mercy. He's kindof amazing like that :)

 

 So, that's just a little explanation of the title of my blog for you guys :) I hope that cleared things up a bit! God bless!