After a hiatus (at first for good reason- too busy and this blog can't dictate how I spend my time, and then for bad reasons- missed quiet times) I am returning. I am nixing the Day X titles for posts because I get too caught up in how many days it's been as opposed to just living for Jesus and sharing what He's teaching me.
Today was good, though:
Psalm 130:3&4
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
I can't get over that. If the Lord marked my iniquities I could never lift my eyes, let alone my head or the rest of my body. Yet God forgives me, that I may fear Him. Fear of the Lord so often sounds like a dirty word, scary, because it must imply somthing bad. How often do we fear good things? Yet this word to me is a gentle nudge to tell me that God wants to be feared in His entirety- even for His goodness. This fear is not one that hides me in the corner, trembling for fear of punishment. Rather, it's a fear of respect, that I would honor God in His compassion and mercy and not try to take advantage of a system where I am forgiven my sins. Godly fear brings obedience and life. I cling to this word, that God forgives me that I will respect, honor, and love Him in His goodness.
What's This?
I am in love with Jesus. His Word (the Bible) is the Bread of Life. As I seek to surrender to Him in my Foode Fight I am desperate for the spiritual nourishment that only the Bible can inject into my lifeblood. This is the sole way I can finally surrender to Jesus and have victory over the habitual sin in my life.
