How do we survive this?

The word paradigm floats around my house pretty freely.  This is because it seems that our world views are always in flux.  My experiences have changed a lot about the way that I see my life and my role in God's plan.  Until I was about 16 I didn't see myself as someone who needed God's grace because I had it all together.  I was successful academically, athletically, socially, and I was placed as an example for the other young people in my church.  I don't claim perfection in any way because I was lacking in confidence when it came to how I looked, and I felt self conscious about the fact that I had never had a boyfriend. Looking back on my situation then compared to now, I see that it was God allowing me all of my successes and anything that ever went wrong in my life was because of my bad decision making.  Every good and perfect thing comes from above.  If you are having a good life experience right now you can thank God.  If you are having a bad life experience right now you can thank God because he always makes a way for us to get out.  God is ingenious at making our ashes into beauty and turning our bad decisions into something that can glorify him.  When I was 16 I made some stupid decisions that are still causing me problems today, but God is gracious and good and forgiving and loving and kind.  My life is good because God is the head of it, and it is no great feat of my own.  It is the gift of God. 

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