Food for thought

" Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God" 2 Corinthians 10:5



Do we have the courage to come clean before God and forgive ourselves, God forgives, but do we? Regret is one of the worst feelings and yet one of the riches blessings from God we could have in this life. Without regret there is no humility and with no humility we cannot live a life devoted to God.

We have all done things on impulse , or reacted to an emotion that was stirred up, only to regret it. Sometimes its immediate and sometimes it takes a while to sink in. This seems to be a never ending story in my life. Just when I think I have made real progress in my attitude and character ( which is spiritual pride because I do nothing except for the grace of God.) Bam! out of nowhere I do or say something that sends me reeling into despair. Usually I am talking way to much and find no one had to embarrass me, I did just fine all by myself , thank you very much. "Take every thought captive.", "Think before you speak" much easier to say than do. We try and teach this to our children but do we practice what we preach? Personally I would rather just crawl up on my Fathers' lap and stay there where I am safe and shut out the world, but alas it is written " We are to be in the world, not of the world." We are to be salt and light and this takes courage and strength which comes from Christ Jesus alone. To be humbled by something we brought on ourselves is never a joyful experience , but the tears we weep in humility allows Gods love to transcend our hearts and our minds . It gives us the strength and courage we need to forgive ourselves and the determination of mind to change, by humbly seeing who we are and the love , forgiveness, and Holiness of our Father, which produces in us undying devotion to God our Father. So the next time you realize you have done the very thing you despise , go at once in humble repentance to your Father. Don't try and reason it into lesser guilt, or wallow in pity, acknowledge it at once. We do not like these things in which we do and the remorse we feel is indeed God's awesome grace . He shows His mercy in letting us see and feel the sting of where we fall short. He is in fact destroying all that is not Holy in all of us who believe.

" Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me"

Lord I lift up my bothers and sisters in Christ Jesus your Son that we may rejoice with great humility in all that you do in our lives to make us holy in Your image, that we would see the true meaning of Your mercy and grace. To be humbled is a blessing , so it may be well with our soul. I love and thank you for the awesome gift of humility , refine us oh Lord so we may shine for Your glory! In Jesus name amen.

Love to all in Christ Jesus C:)