sup guys,
haha, a lil late for a happy wednesday - been a busy day away from the computer so this was the first chance i had to sit down and actually type this up.
Two quick things i got out of reading romans this week so far:
- "Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship..." Romans 1:5
It was for God's glory that we are saved. we so often fall into the self centered thought that salvation was for us, that grace was given for us. We become like spoilt children who actually believe we're entitled to whatever gifts and attention our loving parents bestow upon us - like it's our...aha...god-given-right. While we're definitely on the receiving end of the benefits of grace i think its important to remember the purpose behind grace and how it was meant to magnify God. Failing that, its so easy to fall into pride/ego and take our salvation for granted. Jus a quick encouragement for us to remember this week that our salvation and our lives are meant to glorify God and not ourselves.
- "the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were." Romans 4:17
The other thing i picked up was actually pretty touching for me. That God sees not just who we are, but who we should be; and not just where we are but where we're called to be. There are so many things that i should be but am not: im not completely selfless, im not always loving, im rarely patient, and wisdom seems like a foreign language to me at times. Yet God is so much more patient with me than i am towards myself. He is still busy completing whatever good works he's started in me. Its the same for everyone; while we're not perfect, we are being perfected. Good news for me cause it means i dont have to stay the way i am but by his power, will continue to change and become more like him.
have a happy wednesday (all 30 min left of it) and rest of the week!
edward
"that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6
aight...been a while since i posted a hamster video =D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDOsXzfIawI&feature=related
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