Something I was told a long time ago, was that God doesn't need perfect, blameless and put together.
He
needs the willing and repentant.
As I remember this, in my own life, I wonder sometimes why He choose to use me, or you, or you. It seems there others who have the right words, and the right 'look'. But...He reminds me once again, that He looks for the righteous, for the hearts of men to be turned towards Him. Those He can work with. That is where He prefers to move.
Writing the post on our adulterous
beginnings, broke me. It was a ripping off of a festering wound. It
was needed. We didn't act like believers, we didn't walk with
integrity. We chose sinning over listening to Him. But He is a God of
mercy and grace, one who loves His children, even when they stray
from Him.
I know that He will continue to work in
us, and bless us. Showing us never-ending grace, and love. Reminding
us that He gave His life, for these sins. He saw us, in our sin, from
afar...and took it upon Himself. To redeem us. To sanctify us. To
wash us in His blood, so we would be clean again.
I also know that to truly heal, the sin
needed to be exposed to light. No more hiding, no more opportunity
for those quiet whispers of guilt, or allowing myself to be my own
personal battering ram. No more.
It is time to accept that I've been
forgiven, that our lives have been redeemed. It is time to completely
rest in the peace of my Abba, and allow His truth, His love, His
wisdom to sooth my soul, to heal the pain, and the guilt. To banish
forever those words of condemnation.
I'm not perfect, I have made mistakes,
and continue to do so. But my story isn't defined by those mistakes.
I'M not defined by those mistakes. I am a work in progress, I am a
child of God, I am fighting against my fleshly desires daily, to
cling to my Savior and hold onto His words of grace and mercy.
He tells me that I am beautiful,
perfectly able to do what He's called me to do. He holds my pain in
His hand, and takes it far from me, giving me His unending peace
instead. He wipes away the tears and shame, and pulls me up from the
deep dark, to stand by His side in the warm sunshine.
I will choose to take my steps
according to His direction, according to His purpose. Everything I
have gone through, is changing me into the woman He has made, and it
is good, in His eyes. Nothing I've done is a surprise to Him, nor is
it something that He cannot make good and use for good.
Today, I walk in the sun, letting it
lift my too-long-laden spirits. Allowing Him to shine His love down
on me.
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Enjoy your walk in the sun (with the Son)! Love you, Peggy!
ReplyDeleteThank you Colleen! I will :D
DeleteThe Son-shine after the rain! A rain that cleanses and refreshes. PTL!!
ReplyDeleteYes, I love seeing the connections...EVERYTHING speaks of Him.
DeleteI've heard it said that God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. In the new testament, time & again, it was not the already righteous (in their own eyes) that He came for, it was the repentant, the repentant sinner. And when we as His children are repentant, His words to us are, "Go & sin no more." As much as we feel it should be, His words are not, "Go & work really hard & make up for that awful thing you did." The things we have done are awful; but CHRIST has made up for them, already. Try as we may, there is nothing we can ever do to make up for the wrong we have done. But Jesus Christ did what it took & "made up for it." Our sins have already been covered in God's eyes. Now all we must do, all He asks of us in regard to our sin, is "Go and sin no more." <3
ReplyDeleteAmen, Crystal! Thank you for reminding me :D
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