SHRED your problems for the new year! The only true shredder available......!!!

Good morning all!  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!!
   Who is God?  What is God in your life?  Do you really believe in God?  OR----yourself?  Hmmm!
In New York they have a giant shredder where people can come now, at the end of this year, and shred all the bad in the year past.  Items shredded were things like:  divorce papers; identity theft papers; cancer; prescriptions; drunk driving papers; and on and on.  Wouldn't this be nice if we could just shred the bad and begin anew?
   Well, we can!  We are promised this from the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, from God - our creator.  HE is the great shredder of the world.  HE can take our burdens and lessen the load; shredding them in a shredder only alleviates the problem temporarily.  Some will say God only reliefs the problem temporarily.  Well, that is true in the fact that we tend to pick it up again and lug it forward with us.  When you shred something you don't catch the papers and try to glue or tape it back together.
  However, when we give things to God--we tend to give it in a moment of prayer, then pick it up later to "take care of it."  Hmmmm----see any logic in this?
    Jesus came to John when he was on the island of Patmos, a small rocky island in the Aegean Sea about 50 miles offshore from the city of Ephesus.  Jesus said this to John: "Don't be afraid!  I am the First and the Last.  I am the living one. I died, but look-I am alive forever and ever!  And I hold the keys of death and the grave."  Revelation 1:17-18 (KJV & NIV)
   At this time the Roman government increased their persecution of Christians.  Look around - America and the world has increased their persecution of Christians.  We wonder if the church will survive; we wonder if we will survive; Jesus gives us assurance!! 
  First words - DON'T BE AFRAID!   This is difficult as we tend to fight or flight, being human and all.
Then encouragement: I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST!  Jesus was here before earth, and will be here after earth.  I AM ALIVE FOREVER AND EVER!  Wow - and this is true for us - we will be alive forever and ever with Jesus, with God, running with the angels.
    I HOLD THE KEYS OF DEATH AND THE GRAVE!   Christians do not have to fear death and the grave as Jesus holds these keys and HE has the power and authority to set us free from sin's control.
    So, now, "shred" your sins by giving them over, completely, to Christ, who restores us now and resurrects us later to an eternal peaceful relationship with Him.
   How much more peaceful can we go into the new year?  Giving every thing over to JESUS CHRIST! Amen!  Love you all.
   In Christ's Love and Grace
     Johnny