Loving the book so far! I am really trying to grasp the measure of Gods love for each of us individually and the last few paragraphs of chapter one really strike a chord with me. "...we still have satan's lie in our own hearts, because we're afraid of trusting God - of trusting anyone in fact. "
Satan has really tripped me up the last week, twisting some old wounds and trying to distract me from the truth - the fact that who I was and my past experiences before Jesus were bought at a price and I am no longer defined by them. I am, instead, a beloved child of God, whom he is proud of! Praying to hold onto this truth so that fear no longer controls me...!
SJ
Can we sign our entries? I can't tell who is writing what on my phone. :-) love you all!
I look at the trust aspect of relationships and think, "I don't trust you because you're outside of me and may not understand" or "You're weak and can't take care of yourself let alone me." With God, especially the deposit of the Holy Spirit, He is in my heart and completely capable of taking care of me. I can be untrusting with the timing or the intimacy of the care: This is taking forever and I'm losing my vigor. What is the point of hoping in anything if my life ends up looking like this? This isn't leftovers from someone else's life/blessing?
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