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As I was driving home this evening, I spent some time reflecting over what the Lord did in me this past weekend at a women’s conference I went to. I wish I had taken the time to do this sooner! I would have been a more positive person these past 2 or so days…
Anyway, I was thinking about how great it was to have a renewed sense of passion for a vision that was given to me during Daddy Head and my first year of marriage. I really should take the time to write about that here, but that will have to come a different day.
I was driving down the road thinking about the steps I need to take to get the ball rolling when this hit me:
My child, don’t you realize how much I truly love you? If you did, your continued struggles would be nothing in comparison.
Whoa! What a reminder of what I heard a few weeks back as I was lying in my bed trying to sleep:
When you get a revelation of who you are because of who I am, your struggle with insecurity will be over.
The thing is, because of some deep insecurity issues, I often feel I have to prove my love to God. It is almost as if I forget the sacrifice that was so freely given for me. I strive and strive to just get better, and yet, the love is already there,
Does this mean I keep on living in sin? No! I am to turn from my sin and submit to my Lord. Yes, I will make mistakes, but it is what I do when I fail that makes all the difference.
It is kind of like when I was a kid and my mom told me not to touch the hot stove, She told me it would hurt, but I did it anyway. It hurt and I had to suffer the consequences of that touch.
It is so much like our lives. We have the warning and yet we so often touch the stove {sin} and expect a different result. The nice thing is, we can run into the arms of our Savior for a healing touch and allow him to cover our wound with burn cream.
Or we can run and hide, pretending nothing happened. The only problem is, this allows the wound to become infected and can progress to spiritual death. We have to get our sin wound treated with the sacrifice of our Savior. He must become our Lord and we must become His servants!
What will you do? Will you run into His arms or will you allow your sin wound to become infected? The choice is truly yours…
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