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I ended up working yesterday since about 4 other people had called out. I only had to stay until 4:45 though, which is just 3 hours. After that I went and picked up my paycheck, then Kate and I went out to eat with our mom at one of the Chinese buffets in town.
Today I've been resting, because I'm trying to get better from this cold. I've been working on crocheting the throw that I started a year or two ago. It's over halfway done. Kind of uneven in spots since I kind of taught myself how to crochet, so I don't do it very neatly, but I like how it's coming along.
I have lots of homework I need to get done tomorrow, which I'm not looking forward to, but hopefully I'll get it all done.
Devotion
When we accept God into our lives and are saved, the chains of sin are broken. We're given freedom.
Sometimes I forget that. I feel so weighed down by ways that I'm not good enough and by mistakes that I've made. I've put those chains back on myself. Can you imagine, someone being let free from prison, only to walk back into to the jail cell. The cell is still unlocked, they are still free, but they imprison themselves. This is kind of what I do to myself. I put myself back into jail and convince myself that I'm not worthy of the freedom Christ has offered. And you know what? I'm not worthy of that freedom. No matter what I do, I could never be worthy, but that's the amazing thing. It's not about what I've done or will do to earn that freedom, it's about the mercy and grace of our Lord. That doesn't mean that I won't work to keep from making mistakes, or that I won't try to live a life that glorifies God, but it does mean that I will not let my mistakes keep me from seeing His grace.
It's very easy to fall into the trap of fear and doubt. To let all those little whispers in our minds remind us that we're not good enough. And those doubts can cloud our minds, make us forget that it doesn't matter that we're not good enough, that God is big enough to accept us as we are and cover us with His mercy, His grace and most of all His love.
No matter what you are facing, no matter how impossible it seems, remember that God loves you always. There is nothing to big for Him, and no matter how you feel, weather you're scared, angry, sad, or doubtful, He loves you and is with you.
1 John 2: 12I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Today I've been resting, because I'm trying to get better from this cold. I've been working on crocheting the throw that I started a year or two ago. It's over halfway done. Kind of uneven in spots since I kind of taught myself how to crochet, so I don't do it very neatly, but I like how it's coming along.
I have lots of homework I need to get done tomorrow, which I'm not looking forward to, but hopefully I'll get it all done.
Devotion
When we accept God into our lives and are saved, the chains of sin are broken. We're given freedom.
Sometimes I forget that. I feel so weighed down by ways that I'm not good enough and by mistakes that I've made. I've put those chains back on myself. Can you imagine, someone being let free from prison, only to walk back into to the jail cell. The cell is still unlocked, they are still free, but they imprison themselves. This is kind of what I do to myself. I put myself back into jail and convince myself that I'm not worthy of the freedom Christ has offered. And you know what? I'm not worthy of that freedom. No matter what I do, I could never be worthy, but that's the amazing thing. It's not about what I've done or will do to earn that freedom, it's about the mercy and grace of our Lord. That doesn't mean that I won't work to keep from making mistakes, or that I won't try to live a life that glorifies God, but it does mean that I will not let my mistakes keep me from seeing His grace.
It's very easy to fall into the trap of fear and doubt. To let all those little whispers in our minds remind us that we're not good enough. And those doubts can cloud our minds, make us forget that it doesn't matter that we're not good enough, that God is big enough to accept us as we are and cover us with His mercy, His grace and most of all His love.
No matter what you are facing, no matter how impossible it seems, remember that God loves you always. There is nothing to big for Him, and no matter how you feel, weather you're scared, angry, sad, or doubtful, He loves you and is with you.
1 John 2: 12I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.