I took my nephew to church with me tonight. He behaved perfectly. I went to the college class (it worked out real well cause they meet in the nursery).
When I was sitting there with people in the late teens/early twenties, I started thinking how I would give anything to be that age again and to be able to do so many things over again. I would do them much differently than I did. On the way home it hit me that I can't go back and change things I did, but through God's gift to me as a Christian, God has whiped my slate clean and he's forgiven me and it's as if those things never happened. I've asked him for forgiveness so many times. A few times it was for making the same wrong choice over and over again. For a long time I didn't feel worthy of his forgiveness. I felt like I didn't deserve it. The awesome thing is that I don't have to deserve it, God knows what is in my heart and as his child when my heart breaks because I messed up, Gods heart breaks too. He knows when I am truly sorry and when I ask him for forgiveness he grants it.
So, my point is, I can keep living my life thinking about and regretting all the wrong choices I made, or I can move on, just like God has. I need to let go of some of the guilt I feel and some of the unworthiness I feel. I am worthy! Jesus died to make me worthy. Because of that, I feel truly humbled and blessed.
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