The Answer is Still The Same
Who are you? Some days I look in the mirror and think to myself who are you? It happens on those days that I act like a pagan baby rather than a born again, Spirit filled, woman of God. It happens on the days that I speak unkind words to my husband, or I mutter under my breath. On the days that I find myself entertaining negative thoughts. On the days that I yell more than hug my kids. On the days that I feel like the Lord is a million miles away from me, and isn't coming back any time soon. On the days that I feel like throwing in the towel. On the days when it seems like the book of Romans could be renamed Jen. Jen 7:15 I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate. Jen 7:19, 21-23 I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. I have discovered this principle of life- that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God's law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Some people stop reading right there. They say "see, no use in fighting it any longer. says right here I'm a slave to sin." But that is a lie! We are not a slave to sin! You need to keep reading and realize that we do not play by the same rules as someone who does not know the Lord. Even on the days I ask myself who are you, I can still confidently respond: A child of the Most High God, and an heir of God's Glory!
Romans 8: 9,16-17 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory.
Love-
Jen
Romans 8: 9,16-17 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory.
Love-
Jen
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