Glaringly Human

I am all about being real for the glory of God and purpose of helping others in their daily walk with the Lord. (This is your disclaimer…If you do not want to read about reality, please stop now.) By “being real” I mean sharing day to day life, good times and bad, victories and struggles. We grow as Christians by sharing with each other through the “not so perfect times of life” and how God deals with us during these times. That is what I intend on doing in this post.

 

God has allowed me a couple times lately to see how glaringly human I am. (No, I am not proud of admitting this.) Both of these situations included situations dealing with other individuals and my girls which resulted in me losing my temper…I mean really lost my red-headed temper! I know those of you who know me have a really hard time believing this (ha, ha). It does not happen very often but when it does…well…it’s not pretty, nor am I proud of it.

 

Tonight I came home feeling horrible for not being a better witness for Jesus and thanking God that I didn’t have any Christian bumper stickers on my car. Ugh, I REALLY blew it. As I was cooking dinner and praying, asking God to forgive my ugly, public tangent, God began to speak to my heart. A song came to mind first that I have not heard for years…Does He Still Feel The Nails. The first line says “Does He still feel the nails every time I fail?” I am sure I pounded in a couple a bit deeper today. L I continued to pray still not feeling much better. He gently said, “Candy, you know how bad your heart hurts when your girls do not listen or do the direct opposite of what you advise them? My heart hurts worse when you choose to do/act in a way that is not honoring to Me.”

 

I continued to pray…feeling very humbled and saddened. I was asking Him to forgive me for my blatant sin. The next part is the part that always amazes me. God began to speak again. “Candy, you know how you can not stay angry at your girls very long? Well, I made a way through Jesus so that I givI am all about being real for the glory of God and purpose of helping others in their daily walk with the Lord. (This is your disclaimer…If you do not want to read about reality, please stop now.) By “being real” I mean sharing day to day life, good times and bad, victories and struggles. We grow as Christians by sharing with each other through the “not so perfect times of life” and how God deals with us during these times. That is what I intend on doing in this post.

 

 

 

God has allowed me a couple times lately to see how glaringly human I am. (No, I am not proud of admitting this.) Both of these situations included situations dealing with other individuals and my girls which resulted in me losing my temper…I mean really lost my red-headed temper! I know those of you who know me have a really hard time believing this (ha, ha). It does not happen very often but when it does…well…it’s not pretty, nor am I proud of it.

 

 

 

Tonight I came home feeling horrible for not being a better witness for Jesus and thanking God that I didn’t have any Christian bumper stickers on my car. Ugh, I REALLY blew it. As I was cooking dinner and praying, asking God to forgive my ugly, public tangent, God began to speak to my heart. A song came to mind first that I have not heard for years…Does He Still Feel The Nails. The first line says “Does He still feel the nails every time I fail?” I am sure I pounded in a couple a bit deeper today. L I continued to pray still not feeling much better. He gently said, “Candy, you know how bad
e you grace even when you do not deserve it. You are forgiven. Tomorrow is a new day; try again then. Wow, what an amazing Jesus we have! He loves us no matter how often or how big we screw up! We ask for forgiveness and He grants it and says “Lets do better together tomorrow.”

 

Does this mean we sin more so we can get more grace? No it means when we mess up and truly repent, He forgives us. I am always amazed that God loves me/you so much that He sacrificed his son, Jesus, for us. I know if it came to one of my girls or someone else, my girls would win out every time. Yet God willingly gave his son, Jesus, for us even at our worst. I am not perfect, ha I am not even close… nor do I claim to be. I am a work in progress until the day Jesus comes back or He calls me home, whichever comes first. Tomorrow is a new day and Jesus and I will handle it together. Let me encourage all of you. We all make mistakes and bad choices that sometimes result in sin. Turn around, ask for forgiveness and move on. Tomorrow is a new day.