oh so scandalous...

This morning I am just blown away by God's grace.  My heart is just full right now because I am realizing how accepted I am by God.  I am not an "orphan believer."  I don't second guess where I belong, I don't second guess what God's word says about me anymore.  I trust him!!  What God says is truth, no matter how I am feeling at the moment.  No matter how bad I just messed up.  I.  am.  his.  child.  period.  No matter what.  He won't give me back, he already bought me with his Son's life- how crazy, beautiful, and inconceivable is that?!? Scandalous!! ;)  I am an heir to the throne even when I do the bad things I do.

Emotions can be deceiving people… that is backwards thinking compared to what I used to believe!  If I'm feeling a certain way, it must be truth right?  No.  Lies.  Feelings can be confusing, God is not the author of confusion.  Should we feel guilty about what we did last night, last week, last month, and then dwell on it, beat ourselves up for it, feel like we are unworthy of what God has promised us?  What if I told you that this is the devil speaking to your mind… not God.  Woah!  Right?!?!?  :)  It is the devil!  God doesn't want to shame us, make us feel unworthy… we are the heirs to the throne!!!

Conviction happens by God, not guilt.  Conviction puts a realization in our conscience that says this is wrong.  We stop it, repent, and its done!  It's over!  God doesn't hold it against us, the devil does.

I'm just gonna leave this song right here…  :)

Scandal of Grace

Grace, what have You done?
Murdered for me on that cross
Accused in absence of wrong
My sin washed away in Your blood

Too much to make sense of it all
I know that Your love breaks my fall
The scandal of grace, You died in my place
So my soul will live

Oh to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one besides You
Forever the hope in my heart

Death, where is your sting?
Your power is as dead as my sin
The cross has taught me to live
And mercy, my heart now to sing

The day and its trouble shall come
I know that Your strength is enough
The scandal of grace, You died in my place
So my soul will live

Oh to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one besides You
Forever the hope in my heart
[x2]

And it's all, because of You, Jesus
It's all, because of You, Jesus
It's all, because of Your love
And my soul will live

Oh to be like You
Give all I have just to know You
Jesus, there's no one besides You
Forever the hope in my heart
[x2]