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I had a recent incident where I got into an argument with a very close family member. We weren’t talking for a few days. So after a few days, the Lord moved on my heart to send this family member a text apologizing, offering to buy them lunch. Right after that the Lord showed me something miraculous. The message to me was clear, I need to show love the way God has showed love to me.
It is easy for me to find guilt in another person. But in my murder mystery mentality, I am always looking for the guilty party, I’m always looking for the one who committed wrong. What I found is that I am the guilty party. All I need to do to find the offender is to hold up a mirror. It is my sin that should be found out. As the old song says: “Not my brother, or my mother, it’s me oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. “
Even the Hymn writer John Newton, wrote “Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me“. We speed past this word in the verse without even considering its meaning. The Merriam-Webster dictionary provides us with two definitions of the word “Wretch”. (1) a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune, (2) a base, despicable, or vile person. You will find me there in the second definition. I am guilty and under the sentence of death, and only Jesus can redeem me.
As the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 7:24-25 (NIV) ‘What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.’
With most blog posts that I write, or lessons I give, I encourage the audience for their need for forgiveness. However, today I am considering the consequences of my own actions. Today I’m writing specifically about my own sin condition. I recognize my total need for forgiveness, and I acknowledge and praise God who has provided me total forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
Soweto Gospel Choir – “Amazing Grace “https://youtu.be/ZoJz2SANTyo?si=MbdyDJ_QSs2LlCNu
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