I'm tired...
Two Easters ago I was talking with my friend and pastor John Drage. He had said how excited he was about Judgment Day and he couldn’t wait. My response was that I could; the ways I serve God and work for His Kingdom can only be done in this life. Come that day, my chances to serve Him in that way will be gone. (I blogged about it, go read more if ( Read more... )
Beating yourself up for being human and therefore failing to be perfect is:
1-wasteful: it wastes time you could spend being happy, serving god, taking a shower, living life, loving others, reading a book, reading the bible...
2-pointless: you will NOT stop being human, and therefore, imperfect, no matter how much you beat yourself up about it, so why do it?
3-self-hating: why are you beating yourself up? does God want us to hate ourselves? I think we both know the answer to this is NO. Stop the self-loathing, and get on with the living.
4-disrespectful to God: he created us, with ALL of our flaws, and he loves us anyway, more than the rest of his creation...to say that we are unworthy of him because we fail, is to deny his authority over us. He knew we were unworthy, and could not achieve salvation on our own, that is why he sent Jesus to us. To deny your humanity is to deny that God knew what he was doing when he made you. God expects us to fail, and failure is NOT the worst thing that can happen to you. The worst thing that can happen to you is to WALLOW in your despair, and not pick yourself up again.
As to being unready for "judgement day" and feeling like you haven't "done" enough to serve God...NO ONE gets into heaven by good works, faith alone is required. I don't want to die, but I know that if it happens, today or any other day, that I am going home to the arms of my God, so it is NOT to be feared.
Sorry for the lecture, but you are wallowing. Let the peace of the Holy Spirit enter your heart and be still. Know that He is, and that that is enough.
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