It was a tough pill to swallow, that gigantic house sized one call "humble". But it changed everything in my perspective with these things.
I have to look at this from those who lovED me exclude me. They won't forgive or speak or allow for anything. And so I have to let the prodigal son sit in Gesher. (Well, that is where Absalom went when things went so badly and David wanted him back!)
Maybe keeping the word "mercy" at the front of one when dealing with these things is not important, it is vitally important!
I wrote a poem about grace, moved because of its danger when taken apart from all the rest.
You see, grace is something you don't deserve.
Mercy is NOT getting what you do deserve, the other side of the grace coin.
Mercy when someone persists in sin doesn't give a "get out of jail free card." That is grace that is abused because Paul said continuing to do that is a sin.
But mercy cares for the soul and understands when they need to be turned over to the Elders, it is done in love. Maybe that is why love it so key - that thing that endures forever.
Mercy in love hopes that the soul who is drawn into sin they refuse to lay down, drives one to pray that the sinner will find that gigantic house sized pill all of us must swallow.
My family is at their wits end with me ready to cut me off. I pray I read my bible but still struggle with the same sin. I have been threatened to be cut off in the past because of this sin. I’m ok for a while then my struggle begins all over. I’m ashamed and don’t know what to do
I hear you. Thanks for confessing this publicly. The fact that you are even reading and praying sounds like hope to me. Idk what sin you are dealing with but what I do know from my own experience is that we have to come to the end of ourselves. Finding Christ centered communities and pastoral discipleship was essential for me. Even though I felt “ashamed” God in His mercy connected me to the right people at the right time. If we pick up our cross to follow Jesus, that means we have to drop something(s). Be encouraged!
Well written! Thank you!
I’m not perfect and I can’t expect my family to be. I can only pray that God reaches us all.
I finally realized everyone is entitled to make their own mistakes just like I do
It was a tough pill to swallow, that gigantic house sized one call "humble". But it changed everything in my perspective with these things.
I have to look at this from those who lovED me exclude me. They won't forgive or speak or allow for anything. And so I have to let the prodigal son sit in Gesher. (Well, that is where Absalom went when things went so badly and David wanted him back!)
Maybe keeping the word "mercy" at the front of one when dealing with these things is not important, it is vitally important!
I wrote a poem about grace, moved because of its danger when taken apart from all the rest.
You see, grace is something you don't deserve.
Mercy is NOT getting what you do deserve, the other side of the grace coin.
Mercy when someone persists in sin doesn't give a "get out of jail free card." That is grace that is abused because Paul said continuing to do that is a sin.
But mercy cares for the soul and understands when they need to be turned over to the Elders, it is done in love. Maybe that is why love it so key - that thing that endures forever.
Mercy in love hopes that the soul who is drawn into sin they refuse to lay down, drives one to pray that the sinner will find that gigantic house sized pill all of us must swallow.
And love is patient until that happens.
My family is at their wits end with me ready to cut me off. I pray I read my bible but still struggle with the same sin. I have been threatened to be cut off in the past because of this sin. I’m ok for a while then my struggle begins all over. I’m ashamed and don’t know what to do
I hear you. Thanks for confessing this publicly. The fact that you are even reading and praying sounds like hope to me. Idk what sin you are dealing with but what I do know from my own experience is that we have to come to the end of ourselves. Finding Christ centered communities and pastoral discipleship was essential for me. Even though I felt “ashamed” God in His mercy connected me to the right people at the right time. If we pick up our cross to follow Jesus, that means we have to drop something(s). Be encouraged!
Instead of looking at the specks in our family members’ eye, we should love them with Christ’s love and look at the terrible beams in our own.
Instead of looking at the specks in our family members’ eye, we should love them with Christ’s love and look at the terrible beams in our own.
Instead of looking at the specks in our family members’ eye, we should love them with Christ’s love and look at the terrible beams in our own.
Maybe if your self-righteous family stopped shaming and judging you, you’d feel supported enough to conquer this sin on your own.
We cannot conquer sin on our own. That’s completely opposite of what scripture tells us.