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after reading this daily bread some time back...i couldn't stop thinking of it...

this is a bit from it...

But, thankfully, God forgives. He does not keep an account of past sins, no matter how many or how grievous they have been. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1). God’s forgiveness then leads us to fear Him (Ps. 130:4). We worship and adore God, for grace and forgiveness cause us to love Him all the more.

But what happens if we slide back into old sins? What if sin lingers? We are to repent and “wait for the Lord” and be patient while God works (vv.5-6). We are not hopeless cases. We can “hope” in the One who will deliver us in His time.

I thought it to be super interesting...simply cause it's been a question all my life and if there's been any a reason i don't move from my stubborn spot of going back to God it's been this one...i mean yeah what if i slide back into my past...and i know that tmrw i'm going to walk out and it's not all going to be this great walk that i can now plan easily when i'm in church....so why then?

the line that i usually get and probably most people who have been in church long enough would recite to you is that cause you have to keep trying...because god forgives no matter what...because we are all sinners and that's why god died so you've just got to keep at it...and yeah it is true. ...but i've never seen it this way!

We are to repent and “wait for the Lord” and be patient while God works (vv.5-6). We are not hopeless cases. We can “hope” in the One who will deliver us in His time.

Wow...you mean i don't have to work at it??? i mean i don't mean that by saying that u're just going to sit there and god will go poof....if you know me u know that i'm an incessant fix it person....that i do everything and anything i can to fix thigns...but this is a revolutionary idea...to be patient while god works to fix me??? wow!!! and he'll deliver me in time....cause yeah i come back to god and then i detest myself cause i haven't got it all right...i get so frustrated with me...even though i know i'm human...

so i read on further...in the chapter and i discovered this

7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for with the LORD is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.

8 He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.

HE HIMSELF WILL REDEEM ISRAEL FROM ALL THEIR SINS! you know what, you can't always get out of your mess....sometimes it's as easy as turning the other way and walking against the current (though not easy) but sometimes you let urself slip and you're in a whirlpool...and you cannot walk away from your wrong doings just like that cause it's consequences can be more than you know or know how to handle...

so this is a wow statement for me....never have i seen it this way...

so peeps,
if you find urself grappling to come out for something and it seems that you're not going anywhere and you just want to stop trying...cause after all i may slip back...chill take a break from trying....let him do it...and it will take a while sometimes but it will happen...

:)