By Nancy Virden (c)2013
In our beginning, God created you and me. We were void of understanding, and many of us missed that the Spirit of God was hovering over us, excited to unfold the dreams of his newest love.
God set in motion the tedious process of teaching us to exchange our will for his. As beloved yet often foolish children, he separated for us right from wrong and good from evil through laws, His Word, and significant people whose job it is to guide us in truth.
God’s Example: He draws boundaries for us to see
For some, good deeds are a driving force. Self-sacrifice is our identity. It is how we fit in the world. The Heavenly Father seems pleased by our service.
People appreciate it too. Approval feels like love, so trading our wills for those of people around us, we rationalize it is all for God.
However, personal pain still intensifies. You see, existing only to please other people destroys us from the inside out.
STOP! God is not a doormat and neither are his children. He does not change to our demands. His sacrifices are pure love. Human approval does not shape his boundaries.
By following his example, we become who he created us to be. At the moment when we give up trying to earn everyone’s favor, his extravagant love embraces our weary souls. Grace begins to make sense.
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Today’s Helpful Word
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
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Always the Fight Ministries (ATFM) has been displaying compassion for those fighting mental illness, addiction, or abuse since 2012. Nancy is the founder and voice of ATFM and openly shares her emotional resurrection from despair. NOTE: Nancy is not a doctor or a mental health professional, and speaks only from personal experience and observations. In no way is this website intended to substitute for professional mental or behavioral health care.
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