Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Remember!

Sometimes we tend to get in this thing and forget where we came from! We get hardened to the things that should move us and we miss out! I have recently been going through this! I have kind of just been going through the motions and I needed a wake up call! This past Sunday my pastor preached on Jesus! :) best kind! And he was just talking about how he has been given authority and how He is in control and it was very moving! Just being reminded of the God that I serve and who He is and what His nature is was very encouraging! Jesus deals with us ever so gently! He talked about the story of the lady caught in the act of adultery and how the people of that day were ready to stone her and kill her because of her sin! They bring her before Jesus feet and ask Him what they should do to her. (trying to catch Him willing to break Moses law, because Moses law said she should be stoned) So Jesus calmly bends down to write on the ground....(What He wrote we do not know) But then He looks at the people and says those who are among you that are without sin can cast the first stone! And they were pricked in their hearts and dropped their rocks and walked away! Then Jesus bent down to the woman and said woman where are your accusers? She looked around and said...I have none! And He said neither do I condemn you..go and sin no more! And she got up and her life was changed forever! What a picture of mercy! Jesus said the statement "Those among you who are without sin cast the first stone..." that was meant to remind them that YES this lady was sinning but could anyone of them REALLY pick up a rock in judgment and throw it at this woman?? They knew that they too had sin in their lives! So Powerful! I love Jesus and how HE treats us! How many times though have I been one of the people that has a stone in my hand instead of saying go and sin no more! God help us to respond to sinners like Jesus would! With mercy! Was HE condoning her sin?? Absolutely not!! But He died to save us! HE never expects us to be good enough to make it to heaven on our great behavior...lol that is why He came to die!
        But at the end of pastors message he told a story about a girl that had a very broken life and as a teenager she went to a church and Jesus happened to be there that night! She took the broken pieces of her life and handed them to Jesus and He made her brand new! Then HE called her to preach the gospel! As I listened to him tell this story I became pricked in my heart and I walked down to the altar and cried! Thank God! The reason this story pricked me in this way was because I was that girl at one point! Was he talking about me? No but I have the same story!! I was a teenager (19) and I met Jesus in an altar and handed Him the broken pieces of my life and asked Him to change me and lead me home! And then HE called me to preach! Some times we need to be reminded that WE have been redeemed! We can get in such a routine that we forget that Jesus has done such an amazing work in our lives!! Thank you Jesus!!

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