I am still an unfinished work. I still battle sin and make mistakes but praying to do better and be better. Yet, every once in awhile, an accuser comes by who remembers my past or the issue I repented of ten days ago. They would try to emphasize, that in their eyes I am an impostor and failure. In my own mind, at times, I am reminded of some of the major mistakes I made and I am sorry all over again, but there is one thing I would like my accusers to know! I am no longer that man!
Today, I am an example of the redeemed and reconciled. I love the life I have and all of the people who have come into my life. I see them as gifts and they make me rich. I have family who love me and whom I love. Some years ago, there was a rift in our family and one of my kids was really mad at me. This child was sharing her feelings of anger with her older sister, who told her, “One thing I know about Dad, you can beat him and cast him aside, but if you go to him and ask for help he will do all he can to help you.” I see Jesus Christ being that way. He is an ever present help in a time of trouble! I use to play a lot of golf and I have a lot of memories of even the good golf shots I made. I know they were not all good, but I could not recall one bad one, such as ones that went out-of-bounds, hitting into a hazard, lost ball, you know? I don't remember the bad shots. We all may have come on a journey from a far country to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. He accepted us despite the stink of the world on us and the stink of our own sins. When He looks at each of us all He sees is a child He loves. Oh! That is not to say He doesn't chastise or correct us, but when we repent of our errors, He doesn't remember any of them. When He looks at us all He sees is the promise and the good. So, to my accuser I will say nothing more than the Scripture says in the Book of Revelation: Revelation 12 (KJV) [10] And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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8/24/2017 02:46:53 pm
Hi Warren...
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