Goodness and mercy
Melanie - October 23, 2009
Maybe it's because it's a beautiful day or maybe it's because I just powered through six chapters of Leviticus or maybe it's because I know I have a fun weekend ahead of me filled with friends and family, but my heart is so full today.
Even though those six chapters of Leviticus about killed me. Have you read Leviticus lately? It's not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. There's a lot of burning of the fat and talk of other stuff that you don't really want to read while you're trying to enjoy a breakfast of yogurt and granola.
Anyway, my Bible study group is doing Anointed, Transformed and Redeemed this fall and this morning I've been thinking about something Beth Moore shared in her section of the study. It's a verse from 2 Samuel 7: 18 where King David says, "Who am I, O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family that you have brought me this far?"
That's how I feel this morning. It's not like life is perfect and I could get bogged down in a million little things that aren't exactly the way I wish they were, but more than anything I just feel thankful. Who am I that he has brought me this far?
I spoke to a group of high school kids this week and preparing for it caused me to reflect on where I was in high school and how much I managed to screw up the better part of my late teens and early twenties as I lived in total rebellion to everything I knew to be true. And when I think about how God has redeemed all of my sin, it's hard to feel anything but completely and totally grateful for his overwhelming love and mercy.
He is so good.
Psalm 103: 10-12 "He does not treat us as our sins deserve, or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."
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Comments (4)
I went throught that study this summer and loved it! I so clearly remember that part of the study. Great post Melanie, thanks.
Posted on October 23, 2009 10:28 AM
I went throught that study this summer and loved it! I so clearly remember that part of the study. Great post Melanie, thanks.
Posted on October 23, 2009 10:28 AM
Like you, there are years of my late teens and early twenties I wish that I could do over because of how bad I messed up. But I wonder if I would be who I am in Christ today it I had not grown through those times.
Thank you for the verses. They were exactly what I was needing for an event I am planning in my church.
Posted on October 26, 2009 9:29 AM
I did a Precept Study of Leviticus a few years ago—still very relevant for our times (but I wouldn’t want to read the offering chapters while I ate breakfasst).
Posted on October 26, 2009 10:59 AM