Today’s Scripture…
Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Thoughts…
My husband and I have a phrase we use all the time when we get angry with each other, “I love you, but I don’t like you very much right now.” We love each very much, but it doesn’t mean we always agree. It doesn’t mean we always like the other person’s choices or actions. The important thing is we ALWAYS love each other.
God always loves you, even when He doesn’t like you right now too. That is the wonderful thing about grace. God love you right where you stand today. He may not like a choice you have made. He may not agree with decisions you are making. However, He always loves you.
News Flash…no one, not even the “Super Christians” will always be perfect. We all make mistakes. If we didn’t, what would be the point of grace. Why would God have needed to send Jesus to die for us and our sins? For the person who thinks He is perfect or better than others, shame on you. You are mocking Christ’s death for us. For the one who thinks he needs to be perfect to enter God’s presence, shame on you because you are also mocking Jesus’s death. We need grace and we can’t earn it! We just have to accept it.
None of us ever deserves God’s love, anymore than I deserve my husbands. We are just blessed by grace that God loves us all the time, even when He doesn’t like us very much right now!
Prayer…
Lord, thank you for your grace. Thank you for loving me for who I am and where I stand. I don’t have to earn your love. ~amen
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