On social media we tend to project the best version of ourselves- the edited glossy digital version with a Pinterest perfect back drop
Normally, in real life things are far from perfect. If you’re like me you manage to function professionally at work- yet unravel at home.
We get stressed & take it out on our nearest & dearest who are trying to help. We walk our proverbial dirty boots all over our homes.
In moments like these we feel that we need the ‘Undo’ button for life’s mistakes.
The Good News is:
‘your God is so big He doesn’t live in boxes but your gritty grace filled life’
(Ann Voskamp)
God is with us in the middle of the messy daily grind.
Thankfully, God is a God of second chances, of third, fourth & fifth chances. The Risen Lord who made breakfast for Peter (after he had denied him) will meet with us in our daily lives.
‘The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbour his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.’
(Psalm 103:8&9)
God loves us when we least deserve it. All we bring to the relationship is our sin. Yet,He came to seek & save us. And when we trust Him we are forever blessed by the overflowing mercy & grace of God.
‘Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”(Luke 5:31NIV) Now, that’s a slogan for a poster in our waiting room!
Jesus continued, “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:32 NIV)
We all need the Great Physician’s healing touch on our lives, for according to Romans 3:23, we have all sinned. There are no exceptions.
One morning in church the sermon was based on these verses:
‘Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.’
(1 Timothy 1:15-16 NIV)
When we come to Him for forgivness, our God can undo our sins:
‘For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.’
(Psalm 103:11,12 NIV)
God’s love is deeper than our failings, flaws & shortcomings.
‘The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.’
(Tim Keller)
Ann of Green Gables said, ‘Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it’ (yet!)
Everyday is a new opportunity to experience the faithful love & inexhaustible mercy of God:
‘The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.’
(Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT)
‘Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.’
(Psalm 32:1 NIV)
Blessings,
Ruth x
Edited from original post at http://www.blessedme.co.uk
Blessed! 