"Thou hast delivered my from the strivings of the people; and thou has made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me..... the strangers shall fade away, and be fearful from their hiding places.
The Lord lives, and blessed be my cornerstone; and the salvation of God will be exalted.
It is the working of God that delivers me, and frustrates my enemies."
It is not by my machinations that you succeed, because I'm quite imperfect, but instead by your own relationship with God you will find the way and stay true.
...the gate is straight, and the way is narrow--but the light is always on, and the words of the Lord will point you in the right direction.
"His grace extends so far that even when we turn away from Him, Christ waits patiently and lovingly for us to turn back to him.
Thank you, God, that Your grace has set me free and given me new hope for tomorrow."
I am an imperfect person: safely and without fear of error, you may freely assume the very worst about it me. However, as the angels in heaven, and demons in hell, I have faith in God.
Do not let my weakest moments discredit God and His son--God has made the very worst endurable, and He has made the best better still.
You may be sure that anything good that comes from me is a product of faith in God. The rest of my mess is time-wasting and self-destruction: that is the mercy of God, that he looked at my sins and knew I desperately needed forgiveness.
Possessing salvation is a wondrous conundrum: something so precious, yet freely given.
Forgive yourself, within reason, and forgive others--while being tougher on yourself than the standard by which you judge others. But guard your salvation from the wiles of a "lost and falling world", lest you find your own soul becomes one with that "lost and falling world"....
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