This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews 10:16-17 KJV
I think I have reached the limit of my personal gigabyte storage capacity. No, not on my laptop, although that's close. I'm talking mental personal storage capacity. I want to remember, but for some reason, I do not. It can be a good thing. Most times, I don't remember to be angry or to hold an offense. More often than not, though, it isn't a good thing. If I don't write it down, I forget. And if I forget where I wrote it down, or what I named it when I saved it, it's worse than "Where's Waldo?" in trying to find it. And there are things I don't want to forget - like birthdays, checking on a friend who's sick or who has lost a loved one...
There are other things, I MUST not forget. Have you seen the movie, Passion of the Christ? I own it, but I don't watch it all the time. No, it's not one of my favorite movies, but I make myself watch it now and then, so I remember. No, I don't forget Christ went to the Cross. I can't forget that He died for my sin, to cleanse me from ALL unrighteousness. Yes, I still know He took the stripes on His back for my healing. To be honest with you, I hate watching that movie! It turns my stomach when I see how evil mankind can be and thoroughly sickens me when I think how easily I could have been part of that crowd.
However, I find I MUST be reminded one more time of a love SO great I cannot comprehend it! To my dismay, I hate to admit I can so easily get caught up in the petty cares of this world that I become complacent and lose my passion and compassion. I'm irked by little things and lose patience quickly with people God has put within my sphere of influence to love and point the way to Him. Some things if I were to tell you, you might say I have the right to be upset about, but as I watched the movie in horror - and amazement - Christ cries out from the Cross, Father, forgive them...
He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. Isaiah 53:3-6 NLT
Remind me one more time, Lord.
Prayer:
Father,
I think I have reached the limit of my personal gigabyte storage capacity. No, not on my laptop, although that's close. I'm talking mental personal storage capacity. I want to remember, but for some reason, I do not. It can be a good thing. Most times, I don't remember to be angry or to hold an offense. More often than not, though, it isn't a good thing. If I don't write it down, I forget. And if I forget where I wrote it down, or what I named it when I saved it, it's worse than "Where's Waldo?" in trying to find it. And there are things I don't want to forget - like birthdays, checking on a friend who's sick or who has lost a loved one...
There are other things, I MUST not forget. Have you seen the movie, Passion of the Christ? I own it, but I don't watch it all the time. No, it's not one of my favorite movies, but I make myself watch it now and then, so I remember. No, I don't forget Christ went to the Cross. I can't forget that He died for my sin, to cleanse me from ALL unrighteousness. Yes, I still know He took the stripes on His back for my healing. To be honest with you, I hate watching that movie! It turns my stomach when I see how evil mankind can be and thoroughly sickens me when I think how easily I could have been part of that crowd.
However, I find I MUST be reminded one more time of a love SO great I cannot comprehend it! To my dismay, I hate to admit I can so easily get caught up in the petty cares of this world that I become complacent and lose my passion and compassion. I'm irked by little things and lose patience quickly with people God has put within my sphere of influence to love and point the way to Him. Some things if I were to tell you, you might say I have the right to be upset about, but as I watched the movie in horror - and amazement - Christ cries out from the Cross, Father, forgive them...
He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. Isaiah 53:3-6 NLT
Remind me one more time, Lord.
Prayer:
Father,
The covenant You have made is to put Your law in our hearts, and to write them in our minds. Your Word declares You are working in us, giving us both the desire and the power to do what pleases You. Please don't stop. Remind us, O Lord, to love as You have loved. To live obediently even unto death. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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