Counting my Blessings
• Oct. 16, 2008 - Grace
I saw this YouTube video called "Cardboard Testimony" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDDc5RB6FQ)
Through this video and other conversations I'd had recently, I began to realize that I had forgotten where it was that I had come from. I was once lost, hopeless. Daily I performed in school and gymnastics for acceptance, knowing each day I'd have to repeat for that day's acceptance. I never really felt like I had attained it, but I continually tried. Then I met Jesus. The truth now is that I don't have to perform to be accepted and loved by Jesus. I'm not good enough. But God's Grace is... If I were to write my Cardboard Testimony, I think it might be:
Judged by the world
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Loved by God
This really brought me to a crisis of belief... If I really believe that God loves me by His grace, then I must live and love others this way. I tend to be a rule follower, and hard on my kids and others when they falter. But I should, I must, treat them with grace and love. This is how I can let Jesus live through me. And really that is what the Christian life is all about... Letting Jesus live in us so that others will see Him.
Wow.......
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