Screwing Up

Honestly, I've been screwing up a lot lately. I mean, hard-core screwing up. My life's a roller coaster right now, because I'm realizing that decisions we make affect other people. I mean we can't all be perfect all the time because that would be impossible. I don't think we can even get close to perfection. The only perfect one is Jesus Christ. Honestly, we should talk about him more often. He's so forgiving. We have a very forgiving God. Did you know that? 2 Corinthians 2:10 says "Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven- if there was anything to forgive- I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your your sake..." That's pretty powerful stuff. We gotta learn how to forgive others because God already has been forgiving us since the day we were born. "Bear with each other and forgive one another if  any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." Colossians 3:13.

The Bible says one thing, but our brains say another. You feel me? Like i've screwed up so badly, and I feel so unworthy of forgiveness to be honest. It truly is amazing how God's love, power, and might all work. He can cause you do do amazing things (like forgiving someone). I've probably said the word "forgive" or a form of that word so many times in this little blog post, but I don't care really. So what? I repeat things. God's love and mercy should be repeated. We should scream it and proclaim it to the heavens how forgiving He is.

If I ever learned one thing, It's that God can forgive us even when we can't even forgive ourselves. Psalm 130:4 says "But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you." Now, that just speaks to me tonight. I just thank God for His amazing grace and love. With HIM lays forgiveness so that we can SERVE him gladly. In the song "Seek Ye First" the third verse goes:

"Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds out from the mouth of God.

Hallelu, Hallelujah!"

And we seriously couldn't do anything without God. Without God, there wouldn't be any true love. Without true love, forgiveness wouldn't exist. We can't live "by bread alone". It doesn't work like that. We're in need of God's amazing grace. I think it's spectacular that he loves us even when we aren't able to love ourselves. 

I hope you have a good week :)

Until next time, 

Emma Jane