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Freebies! We all love them. That stand with tasters for Aunt Millie's cookies, the free samples of your favourite perfume, and the buy-one-get-one-free promo? Say it, and we'll be there! But there is one free gift that we all hesitate to grab. Romans 3:23 says : For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Our salvation has been handed to us freely as a gift, it is not something we can earn. Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,    not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Is there a catch, you might ask, why is it free? Well, it is because the price has already been paid. Paul speaks extensively in the book of Romans about Christ's gift of salvation. In Romans 8:3-4  Paul states, "[God] sending his own Son i n the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order tha t the righte

This is a guest post from my dear Jem. She likes hashtags and writes on her blog too. Check it all out here ! I wear glasses. I’ve been short-sighted from a young age. It’s not been so much of a problem ‘cos Spec-savers fixes that for me. However, there’s a short-sightedness that can ruin our lives if we don’t get our vision back quickly.  This weekend, I got really upset about not being able to do a few things. I’ve wanted to invest in property for a while now and not being financially capable made me really frustrated. All of a sudden, I felt I hadn’t achieved anything in life, I was not on the level of my peers and the cycle of thoughts sent me down a line of ingratitude and an all-time low. Ingratitude. Don’t even get me started. This is the biggest killer of joy and the stealthiest thief of what you actually have. 2 Corinthians 10:12  states “When they measure themselves by themselves, they are not wise”.  Whenever I think of this scripture, I am reminded