The simplicity of the Gospel...
"You gave your life, to give me mine.
You say that I am free
How can it be?"
As I sit here early on this morning, I have a lot to think about, both things to be thankful for and questions to ponder. I wonder, what kind of love gives up His own life so that I can live in freedom from my sin and the law? What kind of person am I because of that freedom? Am I a Christian that shows others the goodness of God- full of life and grace and peace? Am I a Christian that demonstrates the solemn and serious side of God that so often points others to the laws?
Unfortunately, I am far too often, the latter of the two. I believe in the Resurrection and in the freedom it gives but I don't truly live in that freedom. I am content following a list of dos and don'ts in my day to day life. I think belief in that freedom and living in that freedom can be two very different things.
Though I fall you can make me new
from this death I will rise with you
Oh the grace reaching out for me
How Can it Be?
Oh, to be a woman who lives in the freedom of the cross; to understand that I am loved and accepted far more than I can comprehend; to believe that His grace is sufficient; to find joy- true joy; to accept his forgiveness for the times when I don't believe and to forgive myself for that doubt.
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