Last Sunday I was in Versailles and attended my grandmother's church, Shelby Christian Church. Small church. Real small. Anyway, Randy, the minister, used Psalms 5 as his reference and talked about God's justice, and how God hates sinners and we should hate what God hates. He said, "You've heard it said, hate the sin love the sinner. But it doesn't say that here, it says God hates the sinner."
I was like, "Dude, Ephesians 2. ? Grace? Heard of it?"
Today I made my monthly visit to Liberty Church of Christ. Keevin spoke about grace today. Which I thought was very appropriate since the message I listened to the week before was more about God's wrath. It made me giggle a little.
Thumbs up Liberty Church of Christ.
Lately, I have been a real bumber. Blah. But this week I have just been super duper.
I decided I can't just sit around in my self-pity. Between the dying grandfather, the suicidal sister, and the growing pains, if I try to deal with everything at once, I won't get out of bed in the morning.
Every morning I have to decide what my day is going to be about. Am I going to sit here in my self pity or am I going to make myself useful and live my life. It's a daily decision. It's all so much bigger than me, and it would be so easy to just let it consume me. But what good would I be to anyone? What good would it be to me?
This morning I made myself some coffee and danced to some 70s Disco hits. (Thanks to Beth Parsley.) And on my drive to Liberty this morning, 107.3 was playing 90s love songs. How awesome is that? What a great start to my day!
It is those little things in life I choose to focus on. All that stuff that is bigger than me I have to put in God's hands. He knows what to do with it. My God is good. I lose focus of that sometimes, and then I have to refocus. So thats what I am doing now. Refocusing myself.
Ephesians 2:4-5 "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved."
Despite everything I have done, do, and will do, my God has shown me mercy because he has a great love for me. For Lindsay Slone. I am a sinner who is constantly falling short, but because of my God's great love for me, Lindsay Slone, I am saved.
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