I have to admit that I can have a tendency to avoid this blog. Mainly because I keep struggling with the same things over and over and I don’t want to keep rehashing those struggles here. The other day I was sharing some of my struggles with some friends and one of them asked me essentially if I understood that everyone is in the same boat. When she asked me that I realized that I am very often tempted to think that other people have it all together for the most part. My husband told me that if I believe that to be true I should read Puritan literature. They were often struggling with the same things and reminding themselves of the gospel over and over again.
You’d think by now that I’d have preaching the gospel to myself down pat. I do hope to be growing in that area and I know that I have grown in the last few years but I will never outgrow my total neediness and dependence on God to work in me. I’m right back to my ongoing struggle with pride, particularly in desiring to fix myself by myself, and looking for satisfaction in all the wrong places. Oh how this opposes the gospel! I wish I could say that when I write a blog post about something that God has taught me that I have that lesson down pat and am ready to move on to other things. So often as I reread my posts I feel like the person who wrote them was someone else; surely I would remember those lessons! Yet, there they are for me to read and remind myself that no matter how slow I am God will faithfully keep reminding me of the cross and reminding me that I will never be fully sanctified until I reach heaven.
With those things in mind I want to share some lessons I’ve been learning from reading Jeremiah lately and the things God has been reminding me of through the gospel. In order to keep my posts short, I’ll be posting them daily for a time (Lord willing). I hope that in sharing these things I will encourage anyone who reads them to keep their eyes on Jesus and at the same time remind myself to do likewise.
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Jan. 28, 2009 - I'm with you!
Posted by baronsgirl
In the repeat struggles, wondering why the lessons don't "stick," all of it. Your friend was right - you are NOT alone! We are ALL in this together, all equally in need of His grace each moment of each and every day. I love you, think of you often, pray for you, miss you! Glad to see you here again, and I look forward to joining you and hearing what the Lord's doing in your life. Hopefully we can talk and catch up sometime before long.
Have a really blessed day in Christ, my Sister!!!