easier
I heard this the other day, and it’s been running laps around my brain ever since:
“Sometimes it’s easier to feel guilty than forgiven.”
Sadly, that is all-too-often true in my own life. It seems easier to cling to my mistakes, my shortcomings, my depravity than it is to embrace the forgiveness and freedom that He has for me. Effort is required to make that exchange, and—honestly—sometimes I’d just rather not put in the effort. How pathetic is that? Especially since He already did the hard part.
God’s power has no effect in my life if I don’t choose to receive it and rely on it. That means not necessarily doing what is easier, but what is better. I don’t want to nullify His power because of my apathy, laziness, or ignorance. Today I’m choosing to pull myself up by my imaginary bootstraps and embrace what God has already provided for me. Easier or not.
good to get an explanation for that mysterious imaginary boot-wearing on facebook.
LOL
great post. not laughing at it. laughing at you.
i mean, not laughing AT you… laughing at what you did….
um… nevermind.
;)
thanks for laughing at me, mandy… geez…
@danielleH says:
gosh, i hate it that that is sometimes (a lot of times) true in my life. grr
We have a hard time with the ‘forgetting’ I think. We see the past more clearly than the future, and it’s hard to flip that image around. Kind of amazing when you think about it, huh? He sees the future more clearly than the past. Because He chooses to. “Forgetting that which is behind.” Hmmmmm.
I’m still trying to chew on this. Chew like a cow.
So you are saying that we demonstrate our love for him by immersing ourselve in the saving grace that comes from his work for us on the cross. Very good Alece.
That’s an interesting concept. I guess I’ve never thought about what is easiest to feel or do when it comes to our lives. Thanks for sharing.
And I have a new concept I might want to run by you sometime if you are up for it.