God don't Bless Mess?!? The Ignorant have spoken I beg to differ!
I've been told this absolutely ignorant statement, early on in my walk with God. So I wasn't strong enough then to argue as to why this is complete and utter ignorance! And it's words like these that have kept many away!
How he loves me I will never know! Because he loves me despite me!
He loves you despite all you may have done. And loves you through your mess. That's when He loves you most, because He wants you to realize your not strong enough and you can't do it on your own. And to Humble yourself and allow Him to order your steps and light your path. He is the only one who can turn your mess into a message.
All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong. This is called sin, and our sins have separated us from God.
The Bible says “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” God is perfect and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever. The Bible says “The wages of sin is death.”
As humans we are born into sin.
In Genesis chapter 3, Adam and Eve live at first with God in a paradise, but the serpent tempts them into eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which God forbade. After doing so they become ashamed of their nakedness and God consequently expelled them from paradise. The Fall is not so-named in the Bible, but the story of disobedience and expulsion is recounted in both Testaments in different ways. The fall can refer to the wider theological inferences for all humankind as a consequence of Eve and Adam's original sin. Examples include the teachings of Paul in Romans 5:12–19 and 1 Cor. 15:21–22.
Most Christian denominations believe that the fall corrupted the entire natural world, including human nature, causing people to be born into original sin, a state from which they cannot attain eternal life without the gracious intervention of God. Protestants hold that Jesus's death was a "ransom" by which humanity was offered freedom from the sin acquired at the fall.
As a Blood Washed Believer I was Bought With A Price !
My Confession and Baptism
illustrate Christ's death and resurrection.
"For when you are baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in baptism you were also raised with Christ. The bible says: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead."
Colossians 2:12 "The Holy Bible"
illustrates my New Life as a Christian.
"When someone becomes a Christian he becomes a brand new person inside. The old life has passed away and a new life has begun! the bible says: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new"
2 Corinthians 5:17 "The Holy Bible"
An absolute mess, yes. Not easily cleaned up, forgotten or forgiven. Some things you can never take back.
Yet what I view as something to be erased, thrown away, or even hidden in shame is the raw, workable material God, the Potter, uses to create masterpieces for His glory and for ministry. Our desperate neediness uncovers His greatness. Our weakness points to His strength. Our mess becomes His redemptive message of love and grace to others who are broken, too. Much like the darkness of the Shulammite woman; God’s light and holiness overshadow it.
Here’s the good news. God doesn’t require perfection. He just wants yielded clay. As He takes the imperfections of our lives, our sins and mistakes, our tragedies and wounds, He showcases His glory and His perfection through them in jars of weak, earthly clay.
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” (2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV).
Have you made a mess? Go ahead, release it. And watch what God can do with it.
ByTheWay......S.I.N. Self Indulged Nonsense Stop Indulging
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