Just a thought
There are days when I feel too far away from God; days when my stubborn self wants to do my own thing, satisfy my own desires, do things my own way. There are days when my old nature gets the better of me, and I go back to my old ways.
Living the Christian life can sometimes be too frustrating, especially when you keep going back to your dead past, resurrect your decaying self that has long been dead, and do the things you don’t want. Sometimes we just want to give up altogether; succumb to the will of human nature and not fight back.
Maybe you’re just like me. Everyday is a battle against my own self: a battle between good and bad; a battle between God’s will and my own; a battle between God’s desires and mine; a battle to protect my God-given destiny. I don’t always win, and I sometimes wake up to another day feeling defeated.
But this morning, God hit me with this message:
“22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.”Lamentations 3:22-23
No matter how deep the depths I have fallen into, and no matter how harsh the punishment I deserve, I am not consumed because of God’s great love. I thank God because he does not punish me according to what my sin deserves.
You might be feeling the pang of guilt for sins committed yesterday, and you slept last night with your hands stained with sin. But God’s love is constant, his compassions are new every morning. It’s God saying, “It doesn’t matter what you did yesterday. I still love you today, come back to me. Let’s start all over again.”
You might already be too tired asking for God’s forgiveness. Don’t be. Because God never gets tired forgiving us anyway.
His kindness leads us to repentance, and he renews his love to us every single day.
Whisper a prayer to God right now, and ask for the grace to live a life worthy of God.
Introspection 