Welcome Life

“The more life you invite the less room there is for all that steals it.”

Loren Thornburg

What does your welcome sign say? I think about signs, front doors, the face of the building they all communicate something either inviting or something that makes you want to turn away. Now it is often misleading to what is actually inside, however it gets you through the door. So I wonder what my welcome sign says to others. In addition it seems that what my welcome sign says has a huge impact on what comes into my life. For I could be welcoming things of destruction or I could be welcoming things of life. So I ask again what does your welcome sign say? What things are you inviting into your life? Welcome life and you will find more life. Let’s welcome life!!

“All these faithful ones died without receiving what God had promised them, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed the promises of God.”
Hebrews 11:13 NLT

The hall of faith as we refer to Hebrews 11 as recounts so many that lived lives of great faith. They believed in the promises of God even though not all of them were able to live to see that which God has promised them. What separated them was the ways they welcomed the promises of God. Their faith had a welcome sign that warmly embraced the promises of God. Now this doesn’t mean that they always did this perfectly. They too had times and ways that they trusted in oppression and lies more than His promises. Yet they are listed in this hall of faith because of the ways they learned to welcome the promises of God even when it didn’t make sense, even when it didn’t feel true, and even when they faced obstacles. Because they found He is the only truth, the only one trustworthy, and our only hope. Our only hope is His promises so let’s welcome them.