When I was growing up I remember the beginning of summer being one of my favorite parts of the year. The relief of school being over, the warm weather, staying up late, and sleeping in. Then sometime in the last 6 years without warning what use to be 2 months of freedom has turned into a few days or a week of vacation here and there. And really its not that bad just changes in life. This summer which I would say began about 2 weeks ago has already become chaos. I can tell when life is getting chaotic my room, office and car all start to get a little messier than usual. I felt all of these the past week and I know its usually a time when I rush the important part of my life. I rush through conversations with people, start worrying a lot more, and see my dependency on myself become stronger than my dependency on Christ which usually leads to failure.
I’m the kind of person who doesn’t mind stressful moments sometimes I may even say that I enjoy them. But I know there comes a point when I feel as the weight of it all and loose my reliance on Christ. However during these moments is when God is begins to reveal Himself again. I grew up in a church that I wouldn’t say was legalistic but did preach the law heavily which I don’t is wrong. But from an early age I always grew up knowing that I’ve been redeemed of my sin but not fully understanding the fact that my sins have been cast to the deepest depths of the ocean. I’ve been reading Romans 3 this past week Paul says this
“But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. “
So many times I forget how powerful the love of Christ is for us. We fall to Satan’s lie that makes us think our sin is greater than Christ’s love for us or that it can separate us from the love of Christ. Roman 8 says “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[m] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Praise God that He has redeemed me and His love surpasses and covers all my sin.
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June 19, 2009 at 11:05 pm
welcome back to blog world.
this makes me happy.