july 20th, 2008 chapel
(i've posted this before, but i think it's worth posting again.)
"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 | 4:48 PM
4 Comments:
Amen!
That has been the cry of my heart for as long as I remember being spiritually aware. How to live that way, however, has continued to elude me.
i don't fit into this category, but sometimes i wish i did! but it's so cool that God works with all types of people & backgrounds! :) (you guys have to teach those of us like me who didn't grow up in church:)
it is the one downside to being raised in a Christian home. it used to bother me that i didn't have a big conversion story, but i realize now that God spared me from so much.
but yes, i need to be really careful to fight complacency.
i fight complacency too -- i think everyone does (or i like to believe i'm not the only one...;)
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