“ God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. ”
Jesus didn't speak of hell so that we could study, debate and write books about it. He gave us these passages so that we would live holy lives. Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.
~ Francis Chan
But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?