To start things off the picture above gets me super pumped about this upcoming year. To be short and sweet God is going to do so much through this community (and the ones not in the picture!!) at Dixie!
Second I think ill keep the main focus of this blog on one thought I had after the Sin talk. One thing I feel like I have been able to constantly remind myself within the last couple years is the idea of how Sinful I really am. All to often my thoughts seem to echo Paul when he says he is "chief sinner". While this in some ways has led me to look at Grace as something so much bigger than I could imagine, it has also let to me living in less of a saint attitude. Its so much easier for me to see myself as dirty, and "chief of sinners" rather than a redeemed individual. In a convo recently I was reminded of the fact that those who live knowing the grace they have received, live radically different.
Along the lines of this thought as well I began to think of my dependence on Jesus. Just ponder on it for a minute: One day we will stand before the God of the Universe, "His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God." (Rev. 19:12-13) While standing we will give an account for our lives, and in that moment see just how ridiculously small our "good deeds" compare to a Holy, Just God. Its then we may be asked why we should be let into an eternity with him. Its here that I cant seem to fathom what it really will be like. When realizing just how helpless I am in his presence, Jesus steps forward and claims me as his own. Should he not come forward, what hope would I have?
It is by Grace we have been saved, so lets live like it.
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