Fifty-three years ago, I was born in a small town, & After my physical birth, dad and mom brought me home, to an earthly home, to a small village…..Pine Village……and they raised me there and in many other earthly places.   Often, mom retells stories of how busy I was as a child. I was………
Not a sleeper, and not a napper, but tear down the bedroom curtains kind of child.    Imagine that!
Not a floor-walker, and not a ground walker, but a rooftop-walker.  Imagine that!
Not a sit still type of child, not a lay and do nothing type of kid, but a busy 24-7 child.  Imagine that!
I was a child, born a physical birth, given to earthly parents. I was a child who encountered many scrapes, bumps, bruises, cuts, and wounds……because I was an earthly child who was born physically……Just Like You.
Then, thirty-eight years ago, I met Jesus. Then I was re-born, spiritually re-born. & Then, since that moment, I can now walk in a newness of life.
Then……I was No longer damaged, but Healed.
Then……I was Not wounded, but Restored.
Then……I was Not inferior……..but Made Whole.
Then……I was Not hurting……..but Redeemed. 
Then……I was Not broken………but a child of God.
YES……….THEN………..
I was Healed.
And Yes, Then I was Restored.
And Yes, Then I was Made Whole.
And Yes, Then I was Redeemed.
And Yes, Then I was Made A Child of the God…..of Yahweh.
And Yes, Then A second birth.   A spiritual Re-Birth. An Eternal Life, Salvation was received…….And Now I too live with the promise of God to remain in His presence, God’s presence forevermore.

As children of parents, who (like mine) lived in small town Pine Village,…….We can grow up physically, striving daily to accomplish greatness in the time and space we have been given to live here on earth,   &
We can strive to touch others’ lives, to do “good,”   &
We can work our whole lives to improve our “lot” and the “lot” of others in this physical life we have been given……..
BUT……….we will only grow up physically to be good, morally-sound individuals.
& We will still Not be a child of the King of Kings.
We can grow up into adulthood and help the world in this physical life we have been given…….
BUT……we will only grow up physically to become the largest benefactors of all humanitarian efforts known to the world.
& We will still Not be a child of most Holy God.
We can be known by the people of this physical place we have been given (to live)……
BUT…..we will still not be known by the Creator of the world.
& We will still Not be a child of God who sent His Son as the only way to know Him.
We can Strive and Work and Build an entire world of good here on earth……..&………We can still die and remain separated from God and Not go to heaven.

The world tells us lies because the father of lies (the devil) roams the face of the earth.
He roams, moving daily over the face of the earth, seeking every person he can devour, and keeping each person blinded by the dark, and making these lost ones deaf by all the confusion and noise found in this physical world, and turning them around and around in total lostness without God’s Light.
OR…….

We can SEE God with spiritual eyes, with eyes of faith.
God sent His Son to provide the only way to know Him.
God restores each one when we stop following this world and turn to follow Him.
God gives us eyes of faith to suddenly see His Light.
When we look to the LORD and see the Savior sent to us by the love of God for us…..We can be re-born; We can receive a second birth, a re-birth; and We can become His, and through our faith, we can remain in His presence as we walk through our earthly life and straight into heaven when our life here is complete.
The Bible gives us clarity to see what we could not see before, to accept what we could not see in our blindness, and to believe what we may not fully understand with our minds.
……..WHY…….. Because God sent Jesus to save each of us.
,,,,,,,,,,WHY………Because we will die a physical death some day,   &  BECAUSE Jesus is the only way to be saved, to be spiritually re-born.

The prophet Isaiah wrote about Jesus—–“But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him”  (Isaiah 53: 5-6).
WHO WAS?
WHO WAS PIERCED?   WHO WAS CRUSHED?  WHO WAS CHASTENED?   WHO WAS SCOURGED?
WHO CAME FOR EACH ONE OF US?
JESUS WAS!!!
JESUS CAME TO EARTH……JESUS died a physical death & then, JESUS Resurrected to new life……..For You & For Me & For All.
The only way to escape the physical disaster awaiting us at the end of our physical life is to ACCEPT, to BELIEVE,    &    to CONFESS JESUS AS OUR LORD. This is the ONLY WAY to escape Physical Separation from God at our physical death………the ONLY WAY to become Spiritually Re-Born!!!