Greetings! This particular writing is part of course I am taking. But discouragement is so common, I thought perhaps one of you might be blessed by this or have a friend you would like to share it with. That 'silly' saying of 'If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it' conveys a not so silly truth; we disappoint ourselves but He always loves us perfectly!
God loved—and loves—us too much to
leave us on our own; He did not entrust our deliverance to personal
effort. He knows we’re made of dust and
we fail in our flesh. He loves us
anyway. When you trusted Christ for
salvation, you accepted God’s preferred destination for you: eternally,
irrevocably positioned in Jesus Christ. He
has never seen you anywhere else but IN Christ…covered by the blood with sins
forgiven.
Dear friend,
My heart aches with your pain and
discouragement. It does devastate us to
feel we have disappointed the One we love so very much. Can you see your heartache as the very sign
that speaks to your love? The Spirit
searches the heart; He knows your sincere sorrow and repentance. Are you remembering that Jesus died for us
while we were yet actively rebelling—totally ignoring and rejecting Him? That same love envelopes us even when we fail
Him after salvation. I know you know all
the facts, walk with me, though, through their beauty and let His words be a
balm to your soul.
No one is without hope because God
is the God of Hope—not before salvation, nor after. He has promised never to leave or forsake us,
even when we fall into sin. He does not
despise a wounded heart. Your sin has pierced
your own heart and now that sin is your opportunity to humbly let it remind you
of His unbelievable grace and mercy. The
same grace & mercy that saved you will sustain you.
Remember Romans. Paul gave us wonderful, deep instruction on
this on-going battle in EVERY Christian.
None of us is immune— in this life— from the possibility of
falling. The very fact that you are
distressed is evidence of His work within you.
And His Work is the only Hope of Glory for any. We are justified by faith in His Work and we
must live in faith of His Work. Your
heartbreak is real and though saddened the Father, He knew all about it before
Christ went to the Cross. Now you must
allow that love to fill you to overflowing and take that message to
others. Do not allow the gift to be in
vain. Live the truth, honey, so others
will know they can too. THAT is the hope
we all need.
One of my favorite verses is found
deep in the Old Testament where God promises Israel He will restore the years
of blight. When we understand the depths
of His goodness and power, we begin to walk with greater confidence and
faith. Deny the enemy the victory in
this sin. Allow God to love you—and then
tell everyone you see how great is our God!
Loving and praying (with the Spirit
and Jesus) for His Light to heal and guide,
Your sister IN Christ, Billie Jo
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