Reading a book called, Stories Jesus Still Tells, The Parables (by John Claypool). It has some interesting points. In a chapter about the parable of the pharisee and the publican, it says, "there's a beyondness to which we yet aspire. We've fallen short of what we were meant to be; yet, there's Something bigger than our past or our sin, and that Something is the grace of God. If we keep our eyes fixed on that goal and that grace, we will, on the authority of God's promise, finally get home!"
I am banking on that promise. I get so downtrodden at times and frustrated with myself for my weaknesses, for struggling with the same sin after oh, so many years...I have fallen short. Yet, it's not all about me and my faults - it's about our Father's saving grace, which can overcome any number of faults and failures. Thank you Father!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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