In our small group these last 2 weeks, we have been focusing on forgiveness.
Forgiveness is sometimes easy to say, but do you really forget about it? Although forgiveness can be really difficult to give too depending on the situation. The one thing that has caught me in the last few days is normally before communion or in my prayers, I ask God for forgiveness for all the things I know I did and all the things I don’t know I do because that will cover it all right(in my good Lutheran confession)? However, because of the lesson we are going through I have been more inclined to ask for specific forgiveness. “God please forgive me for being selfish, for not putting others before myself”. “Please forgive me for screaming at my kids for the 50th time today” It has brought more attention to my actions every day, helping me to think through where I could have done better, who I may have offended today. There is always so much to do, that having this tool will help to slow down, think about how others are feeling and how I treat them. Am I giving them my full attention? I found the picture of the cross above from our trip to Texas this past summer. We saw it when we first got close to the resort and went on a mission to find it. It was a cloudy rainy day, but I think it fits this post so well, to be thinking about forgiveness and where Jesus paid for all our sins, it wasn’t a bright shiny day, but a day full of somber and sadness. I hope that I will continue to ask for specific forgiveness to see where I can grow and find the anchor in knowing tomorrow is a new day to find new grace for how I failed today and truly remember the ultimate sacrifice he made. Psalms 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me
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I feel like I am always searching, searching for what’s next. Trying to answer the burning question, what does God have planned for my life? What is my purpose? Why am I here?
Do you feel like there is always something missing? Like there is always something more you should be doing? So many people say that the thing that is missing is God, once you have Jesus in your life you will feel content. Truthfully, I think I have Jesus in my life, and I still feel like I am not where I am supposed to be? So what does that mean, does that mean I don’t have enough Jesus? I don’t trust Him enough? I am supposed to be doing more? Why can’t I just take the time to sit down, rest, see what God has blessed me with, and call it good? Why is there always this burning desire for something bigger, more than what is right now? Do you ask yourself all these questions as I do? I know that God put me where I am for a reason, but I still always feel like there is something more He is still calling me to do. Maybe we are supposed to feel this way, so we never stop digging into His word, so we never stop wanting to know Him more. Maybe the answer is that God has many things planned for our lives and it isn’t just one thing. God has so many ideas and uses for our lives and it doesn’t have to be just one thing. So keep listening, keep looking and keep yearning to be with God. James 4:8- Come near to God and he will come near to you. |
Kelly HeckselI am a daughter of The King, wife to my husband, Shannon, and a mother to my four beautiful children. I have no religious training, just passionate about my faith and wanting others to know they are not alone and that we don't need to have everything figured out. Archives
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