God's Love for Us

 


It's easy to get caught up in sin and in the flesh. It is no secret that the flesh is "pleasure seeking and pain avoiding." And because we don't face consequences right away, or in a way that doesn't blow up in our faces, it's nothing for us to keep doing wrong. But one thing that we take for granted is God's love for us. I was watching a sermon and it reminded me that we tend to forget to thank God for what we deem as "basic" things. When was the last time you thanked God you could breathe on your own? Walk? That you're in your right mind? When was the last time that you thanked God for sending His only begotten Son, who was beaten, lashed, and bloodied for our sins? 

With this in mind, God grants us so many small mercies. And these small mercies allow us to be kept even in our own transgressions and sins. By God's grace, our life is not at its worse. By God's grace we have been kept. And by God's grace, He gives us the strength to break out of cycles and generational curses bit by bit. Give Him what is in your heart, let Him inside, and let Him change you. 

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