I learned that when I am weak, for then I am strong. Because JESUS is strong in me // 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
I learned that following Jesus doesn't mean that I need to be perfect. It doesn't mean that I always have to say all the right things. It means that I am seeking a relationship with Christ, accepting Him and loving him as my Lord and Savior. Jesus never asked me to be perfect or to save the world.
I learned how to work really hard and make sure that I wasn't doing it just so I could earn praise from my peers // Luke 15:11-32
I learned that my human flesh is really silly and pretty icky gross sometimes. And that is all the more reason to praise Jesus that he came to save me from it.
I learned that I do indeed have a lot of sin in my life that separates me from Christ and that he rejoices when we confess it and lay it at the foot of the cross // James 5:16
I learned that it's NOT about me.
I learned to grasp the gospel a bit more clearly and that the good news is just as much for believers to hear as it is for non-believers to hear.
I learned that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus // Romans 8:1
I learned that the Lord is more proud of me than he ever could be and ever will be- not because of my good works, but because I am one of his precious children // 1 John 3:1
I learned that sometimes (or all the time) I need to SIT DOWN and let Jesus take over. Let Jesus work through me, be strong in me, love and serve me so I can broadcast his love to others.
<< he has made EVERYTHING beautiful in it's time. he has also set ETERNITY in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning -------> end. I know that there is NOTHING better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may EAT and DRINK, and find satisfaction in all his toil- this is the GIFT of GOD. I know that everything God does will ENDURE forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will REVERE him. >> ecclesiastes 3:11-14
