Thank the Lord that He is faithful even in my lacking. He continues to show up even when this sinner girl doesn't. That faithfulness is what drives me back to His side time after time...striving to come back to Him free of shame and guilt, but instead with hope and redemption! Isn't that a novel idea. The idea that I am flawed, I will make mistakes, and even still I have a Father in heaven that LOVES me for me and is ever present!
Today I opened my absolutely beautiful Naptime Diaries Lent devotional...now granted I should have done that over a month ago, but once again I let the excess get in the way...but as always my sweet Lord is forgiving and graceful and allows me to make mistakes and redeem me in the process. Today I opened this book and not only did this beautiful picture fill my view but the precious words of God's truth filled my heart. Hebrews 3:1-6 is what graced the top of the page and in the most beautiful way the Lord spoke right to my heart. He said you are my house daughter...fill my house with my words, my ways, and fix your thoughts on me. He again confirmed for me that my victory is in Him and He has already won the battle. In these quiet spaces I prayed that God would remove the excess and focus my heart and mind on Him. The distractions, the sin, the self gratification, the pride...everything that has absolutely no place in God's house needs to swept out like yesterday's dirt and forgotten...blown away with the wind.
We live in a culture of excess...a culture of the next big thing without any regard for collateral damage or who else it glorifies other than ourselves. We are made in His image and nothing about our Sovereign God is selfish so why do we continue to pursue these lies. Because we are flawed...because through our weakness and subsequent redemption He gets all the glory...and let me tell you with this selfish Jesus girl He gets ALL the glory. If left up to my own devices I am a HOT MESS. Thankfully I recognized that and even though I slip and fall I ALWAYS get back up and keep going forward...and not by my own strength...no with that weakness I wouldn't get back up off that dirty floor...with strength only possessed through Him and Him alone I march on. I march on with the glorious knowledge that MY VICTORY is in HIM! Just as my beautiful Lent devotional only contains God's words at the top of each page, my continued redemption only relies on one thing...GOD'S GRACE. The cross is bigger than anything this world, the enemy, or this sinner girl will ever bring to the table. Live in that freedom friends!
Psalm 46:5
God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved. He will help her when morning comes.
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