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![]() Sunday, August 21, 2005
Today was a very convicting day. A few things were pointed out to me about how I look at people. I cannot run from the fact I am a sinner as I viewed some people ( an age range, typoical fast-food worker) and judged them. Wrote them off in a way to say. And what if that is the only time they get to see one in christ? They may be lost souls and I do nothing but think of them bad and stay away.
Well I guess Lust has been a surface issue and I might as well add Pride there too. It's under the radar more than Lust has been for me. Lust I know is there has an onn/off/ switch....sorta.....but pride really is stealthy. I do not see it and then before I know it, it is in my face. Greed, I guess would be an offshoot of pride for me. I am not contempt with what I do have. Am I serving? SOme motivations are off balance yes, but typically my heart seems to be somewhere near the right place. And why is it that when I am wrapped up in this sin and guilt that I feel isolated or away from others? WHy do I feel I do not deserve...well I don't deserve but why do I isolate myself on top of feeling isolated. I am having an issue with God's grace and the rightousness of Christ....why do I get these every time I ask for forgiveness when in my heart I know that I am going to do them again? For somereason I am really having an issue with understanding this. |
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Smooth let it be or rough,
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I am having an issue with God's grace and the rightousness of Christ....why do I get these every time I ask for forgiveness when in my heart I know that I am going to do them again? For somereason I am really having an issue with understanding this.
We have a hard time grasping this because it is the essence of the gospel---the beauty and mystery of the way God loves us. We may not understand it, but we believe it and cling to it with every ounce of strength in our being because the fact that Christ's righteousness becomes our righteousness is our ONLY hope.
Tom, I really appreciate your transparency. It's a great quality! I wish more people could be transparent like that.
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