What do I believe in?
I posted this 15 years ago and I still find it instructional This morning (January 20, 2009) I had a conversation with God. And He asked me a very important question. What do I believe more in, his redemptive work in me or my ability to fail. I must confess that all too often I lean to the latter. I almost seem to reject that notion that Jesus has paid the price so that my failures are not as important as I would make them out to be. Jesus paid for my sins so I wouldn't have to keep reminding myself of them. I have a bad habit of recounting all of my past failures and using them as a gauge of how I will do in the future. This completely negates what Christ has done for me. OR I try and when I fail, I find myself saying, "See I'll just screw it up!" Yet Christ already knew where I would fall. He already knew what I needed to overcome when he offered me salvation. I guess that is what grace is about. Not the freedom t...