Joel 3:16 The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel

Not too long ago we had a new addition to our family. A friend of mine had given us a 1 year old English bulldog, named Cheddar.

Shortly after that we noticed that our yard was not the make shift football field it used to be. One of the neighborhood boys finally admitted that he didn’t come around much anymore because of our dog. Just the sight of Cheddar was enough to scare kids away.

We soon introduced them to the big and scary watchdog and they were shocked at how loving he was. He was more interested in eating the after school snacks than he was hurting them. They soon realized you could by Cheddar by offering him a good belly scratch.

Even though the day of judgment has not yet arrived the world already cowers before God. Unbelievers see God as an oppressive and wrathful

cosmic killjoy that is waiting to bash them when they do wrong, while we as His children run to His loving embrace.

And why is that, maybe because someone has shown them the wrong image God’s love. We can demonstrate God’s love and convince the world to embrace God’s grace now by following the commands of the Master.

Prayer thought: Are unbelievers in my life seeing authentic Christianity or a caricature of it!