Scraped Knees
One thing that I have learned from my many, many...many mishaps, is that God is always there. Every time the LORD intervenes on my behalf, he reminds me of how precious I am to him. We are like the children who play carelessly and scrape our knees in the yard. God comes and scoops us up, brushes us off, and dresses our wounds. I wouldn't trade these moments for anything.
I am not by any means the hero of my life story. I have made risky decisions that could have ended my life, and I have missed opportunities that could have made me an international success. The hero of my story is the LORD. I have made so many mistakes and unwise decisions that it is a miracle that I am alive today.
I have had many scraped knees in my life literally and figuratively. Each time it was because I made a miscalculation of my abilities, my environment, or both. Thank God that he is faithful and patient with me. Every scar is a reminder of how I need God and how he always takes care of me. Today i am thankful for my scars, they really are little fingerprints of God showing me that by his stripes I was healed. I fell and God picked me up, just like the loving parent that he is.
If you are feeling any form of shame over your life scars, rebuke the enemy. God doesn't deal out shame, he deals out conviction. Conviction shows us our open wounds and leads us to healing, while shame focuses on how ugly we are. Devoid of the healing hand of God we are ugly, but thank God for being our healer. Even though we are a mess, he makes us beautiful. There will be many scrapes on this journey of faith, but we can and should get up from them with conviction that next time we will make it a little further in Jesus' name, and this time God's got us.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
I am not by any means the hero of my life story. I have made risky decisions that could have ended my life, and I have missed opportunities that could have made me an international success. The hero of my story is the LORD. I have made so many mistakes and unwise decisions that it is a miracle that I am alive today.
I have had many scraped knees in my life literally and figuratively. Each time it was because I made a miscalculation of my abilities, my environment, or both. Thank God that he is faithful and patient with me. Every scar is a reminder of how I need God and how he always takes care of me. Today i am thankful for my scars, they really are little fingerprints of God showing me that by his stripes I was healed. I fell and God picked me up, just like the loving parent that he is.
If you are feeling any form of shame over your life scars, rebuke the enemy. God doesn't deal out shame, he deals out conviction. Conviction shows us our open wounds and leads us to healing, while shame focuses on how ugly we are. Devoid of the healing hand of God we are ugly, but thank God for being our healer. Even though we are a mess, he makes us beautiful. There will be many scrapes on this journey of faith, but we can and should get up from them with conviction that next time we will make it a little further in Jesus' name, and this time God's got us.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
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