A fine line

Without realizing it, I have crossed many times a line that's easy to cross for us Christians.
That line is between believing Jesus and believing the Bible.
It's a given that both are extremely important and definitely interconnected.
My point here, though, is that we obtain salvation only thru our faith in Jesus, which is naturally accompanied by belief in the Word.
Sometimes, however, we confuse the idea of believing what the Bible says with salvation through the knowledge of It. We focus on studying and knowing the Bible and not as much on the relationship with our Lord, Savior, Master, our Jesus.

Our focus should be on the relationship with a person not with a book, as sacred and true as it may be. The Word sheds light on the person of Jesus.
The Word is nothing without the Spirit.
Knowledge of the Bible won't save you. It may point (and it should) to the person of Jesus. He's the One who saves.

Let's use the image that is often used to describe the Bible: God's letter to us.
Sure, good example. What we do sometimes, however, is focus on the font the letter is written in, the gramatical correctness, the spacing, the ink used, and the letterhead it's written on.. and we miss the message.
We focus so much on how it was written, that we miss what it was written about.

Who it is written about.

Jesus himself warned us about that danger:

"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me" (John5:39)

May we never forget that we don't "believe" in the Bible. We believe in a God, a truthful (and faithful) God, who gave us a truth-full Bible for our own benefit and to point us to the real Savior.
The One who gave up His life for us.

He is the one we Believe for our salvation.

It only tickles when you do it.

It Only Tickles When You Do It


I revel in days of abiding great joy
Bestowed upon me by that one little boy
Well it's true that it smarts when he shouts in my ears
But the silence hurt more before he was here

Well he laughs til he cries as we flail on the floor
And he pleads with me "Stop!"
though he knows there'll be more
With an innocent whimsy he hasn't lost yet
Then he leads me to wisdom I'll never forget
When he says "Now daddy, you tickle yourself"
And I says "If I could I'd get to it
But it only tickles when you do it"


Now that my bonnie boy has grown inte a man
I am left all alone here with these idle hands
So they reach up to You who've been Father to me
And they're craving the joy that Your touch always means
I say this in not the most reverent terms
And pray You won't misconstrue it
But it only tickles when you do it


....and then the Lord speaks.... :
"I am God, I am happy in heavens above
I've had eons and ages of Myself to love
Still I found it amsuing to see Adam come
And the earth did seem greener, and brighter the sun
Well I may try to hide this from even Myself
But clearly you always knew it
That it only tickles when you do it
Yes it only tickles when you do it"

First and foremost.

This is my spin-off blog.

I realized I was writing in Italian a lot on my other blog, and neglecting my English, so much so that I've decided to create another blog. Even though both blogs will probably have mixed languages, I'll try to keep this one mainly in English and the other one mainly in Italian.
Plus, I wanted to experiment with a new template, but I didn't want to take the chance of losing all I had on the other blog.

So here I am, with a brand new baby blog.
And, as you can see, it's a girl..

Welcome and see you at my next post!