Jesus died so that you
don’t have to suffer the consequences of your sins. How irksome for someone who
exercises religiously and eats “right” to see you thriving because your life
source is firmly planted in your Lord. As Paul
shook the snake off into the fire, as the Israelite boys thrived on vegetables
(and no, it wasn’t because those particular vegetables were better for them than the King's food), you can thrive even if you ingest dough conditioners in
your bread or artificial food coloring in your M & M's. This happens because of
grace, God's grace, and not by human effort.
When you are weak, you are strong, and thus the vitality of Christians confounds the world’s wisdom. Christ's life is displayed in your flawed and
fallen body so that you participate in His perfection, even here, even now.
As you love your own children, God loves you. They certainly do not deserve it by their
behaviors, but you are delighted by them because they are yours and because
they are beautiful. You are His, and
you are beautiful. He is delighted by you
because you are His own.
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