This morning I gave blood to Mississippi Blood Services. I gave two units of blood because it was needed and I could live without it for a while. Life is in our blood and many people get into serious trouble when they don’t have enough and can’t get a compatible unit. My blood type is not the most useful like O-negative is but it will help someone.

Our Savior gave His blood to cover all of our sins and He paid the penalty for all of our sins. So why do we seem to trivialize His sacrifice? Why do we do this? Is it possible that we look at the time that has gone by since His sacrifice and think it doesn’t matter anymore? God planned this before He created the Garden of Eden so it has to have significance for all of us.

Our society in the last forty years or so has moved away from our Christian beliefs. I’m not saying that our country isn’t “Christian” anymore but the respect that our society at large once gave to being a Christian isn’t there anymore. It doesn’t mean the same that it once did and to many people it doesn’t mean anything at all. Jesus came to pay our penalty with His blood and with His life and He did this willingly. Even though it broke His heart to see His people turn away from the salvation that He was offering them. I’m sure it still breaks His heart to see how the world has turned against Christians and Christianity too.

I pray that anyone who reads this will read the New Testament and seek out Jesus as your Savior before the time is up. Life is short and in our world today, life doesn’t seem to mean nearly as much as it once did. God made it simple, just believe in Jesus and what He did for your salvation and you will be saved. Don’t just read it in a book or get baptized because your friends are doing it. It has to be a real commitment…complete and real in your heart. If it’s just something you decided to do that isn’t enough.