august 11th chapel
"Those of us who trusted Christ as children sometimes (too often!) take the mercy and grace of God for granted. We've learned about the forgiveness of sin that we have in Him, and believe that our eternal standing is secured by Him, yet many never really experience the emotions that go along with receiving such totally unmerited favor and blessing. We treat it as something commonplace because we haven't "felt" the down-and-outness of being mired in sin and apart from God...The fact that I get to enjoy the riches of God's love and grace everyday WITHOUT the terror, pain, fear, guilt and scars of living without Him is unbelievable. Why me? Why did I get to hear the good news? Why did I get to be born into a family that loved God? Why was I allowed to study the Bible from the time I was little? Why did I not have to suffer through poverty, idolatry, abuse, fanaticism, or war? Amazing. It should color every thought and every word and every action and every decision of my life."
posted by melilotnfosco | 5:39 PM
7 Comments:
yeah, I've been thinking about that for years and it still bugs me, especially now that we have kids. How do you live in the reality of grace? Or more so, why can't we?
who said that, anne?
this is so, so me. for years it bothered me, in a way, that i didn't have some big conversion story. mine is pretty boring (and erma's starting to figure out that hers is boring, too). but the older i get (shut up, mel), the more grateful i am that GOD spared me from so much pain and heartache.
i just need to never take that for granted.
my diana commented! :D yay!
it was on http://www.baseballchapel.org
i don't remember who it was - i'm thinking bev sparling. it's in the women's devotional section.
yep, bev sparling
oh, hey! hi mel's diana!
a thought that just hit me...maybe we spend too much time complaining that GOD is withholding certain things from us, when maybe we should be thanking Him for protecting us instead.
kind of like when a little person complains to her parents because they won't let her play with the outlets.
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