31 Days of Chasing THE Light Day 6 {Day 278}

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."
~C.S. Lewis

Failing Light 

I struggled understanding what I read. 

When I was a kid in school, I would have to read and reread something...maybe 10 times...before it sunk in.

I wanted to be a good student but never could grasp that whole test taking thing.

I became whatever grade I got. 

Until I went to nursing school and started getting A’s. I was the same…I still had to read and reread stuff but I loved medicine and because I found something that I loved…I succeeded. But I was still that same girl…I just didn’t believe in myself.

Today, at 44 - I can feel like I’m failing as a parent and when I mess up…I go back to feeling like I’m 13 again. Like, I’m just not making the grade on this subject. I’m not measuring up to all those other Mom’s out there that are rocking it. Or at least they look like they are.

"If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts."
~Timothy Keller

Why do I (we) do that? Why do we measure ourselves against others? Why do we label ourselves failures when the God of the Universe says, “Umm, hold up there missy. (does He talk this way to you?) I don’t make mistakes. You are not a failure. You might have messed up…but there is this thing called grace. I hand it out freely and expect you to do the same…with others and with yourself.” 

Our identity in Jesus impacts our walk!!

He tells us that we are loved. We are a masterpiece. We are approved. We just need some help and that’s where He comes in.

He says, “Lean on me. Let’s do this together…in my strength not yours. You stick with me and My plan…My ways…and we won’t fail.”

“We.”  We do this life with Him. 

Focus: Today, let’s put our focus on God’s strength. Grace bends down so we can stand tall.

Zoom in (journal): Write out what you consider your failures and across from each one write what you think God would say to that.

Capture: Walk tall in His Light knowing that you are loved and approved!

"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
~Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

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