I would like to start off by saying the facebook restriction is helping....sort of. I unconsciously spend time on there that when I get online, I automatically type in: facebook-:Ctrl: :Enter: And off we go. So, it's as if I am not making progress in my attempts. I'm trying this again-->By God's grace.
Romanos 6: 1-14 (you can read/or not read this chapter to understand the rest of the blog).
I memorized this passage (in English) when I was 10/12 years old at a Christian camp I went to. I don't really think it made any sense to me then, but I'm beginning to truly see its significance. The passage more or less talks about things I'm already familiar with: consequence of sin, baptism, death, Jesus' resurrection, our own resurrection, etc. But, what I think God is telling me is that all of this (as in what is written here) makes complete sense. If we've been saved through the death of Christ, our old self is also dead and that means we are no longer tied down by the desires of this world and sin.
That makes sense, but my humanity, the sinner in me seems incapable of embodying that. I see the pretty picture, but how in the world do I see this in my day to day life. When does it stop being just words on a page and start being something that I live out?
God, I'm trying to understand. I really am, but I seem to be missing my "understanding" component. Can you help me here?
If I take one thing away from my time here with God, it is knowing that He is completely capable of giving understanding and insight. We just have to ask. And with that, I close.
May God give you understanding to grow.
Much love, peace, and hair grease
Ife 'Quipayan' S.
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