Lately I have found myself getting easily discouraged when I fall short, but after listening to a sermon tonight I am reminded of Romans 3:23 which says that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” This isn’t an excuse to stop trying to live pure lives, but it is humbling and relieving to remember that we aren’t expected to be perfect. If it were even possible for us to be, we wouldn’t need God would we?
What is important is that when we do fall short, which we all will, we still repent and continue to seek after God. He will continue to forgive. Sometimes its hard to believe that God will keep forgiving every time we mess things up, but its not like we deserved forgiveness any more before doing whatever it is that we did that particular time. We aren’t forgiven because we deserve it, and Jesus didn’t die for us because we deserve it. We don’t deserve it, and there is nothing that we can do in this live that will make us deserving of it. So instead of beating ourselves up about not being good enough or screwing up all the time, maybe we should just let ourselves be in awe of the one who created the world and yet loves us enough that he died for us, and allow ourselves to fall more in love with him. When we allow that to happen, our perspectives will change, our actions will change, and our lives will change, whether we realize it is happening or not.
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