Have you ever done something really embarrassing? I have. Example Monday morning...First day back from Thanksgiving holidays....Woke up super tired because I didn't get to sleep in like I was use to.....Decided to make some orange rolls or I was heading down my stairs to preheat my oven when I slipped and fell. Yes that is what I said I fell down my stairs. I landed on my left arm and was fortunate enough to walk away with just a bump and a bruise on my left forearm. However this week has been a constant reminder of my fall. Every time I would twist my arm funny or would touch the bruise I had a painful reminder of this painful accident.
It got me thinking (Fun how God uses everything in life to teach us things, if we listen) that my literal fall is a lot like my spiritual falls. One day I might not be as awake spiritually and that causes me to tumble and I am left with this painful bruise and as a human it is hard for me to let go of it. God says that he forgives us our sins and that they are as far away as the east is from the west but Satan likes for us to think otherwise. That it is not possible for someone just to forget sin that easily. So instead that sin is like the bruise on my arm....when I finally start to forget about it something happens like I roll over in bed onto it and instantly I am painfully remind of the mistake I made. Satan likes for us to have those bruises because as long as we are focusing on our downfalls we are not focusing on what God has in store for us. Sometimes I feel like I am too bruised and battered for God to use me but you know what He is the ultimate healer and He truly does take away those bruises and that soreness because even though it is hard to understand he can forgive us our sins that easily all we have to do is repent. He always wants to use us. Reminds me of a popular saying "God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called!" You do not have to be perfect for God to use you. In fact look at Paul, he was a percuctor of Christians and God still uses his letters today to help us know what we are suppose to live like a Christians. So I guess all that to say that it does not matter what condition you are in God can still use you as long as you are willing.
Funny how all of that came from a clumsy fall down the stairs and a painful bruise on my arm that is finally starting to fade.
By the way it is okay for you to laugh at me for falling down the stairs. I am okay and will be glad to laugh with you.
Not but like 30 minutes after I made this post my mom sent me an email that had this line in it "IT is funny how one fall effects so much of your body but that is how it is with sin, one fall and man does it effect our spiritual body so much." I think it is so cool had God revealed the same anology to both of us about my fall and how we could relate it to sin. God is AWESOME!!!
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