Good Sunday morning! Today is my dear mother's birthday. Here is a Happy Birthday shout out to Mom; who raised me and my siblings through the various joys, problems, and trials of childhood. Those years are a ways in the past for me, but just like yesterday for Mom!
The relative value of time has been expressed in many ways. One way we might think about from time to time, pun intended, is that although it seems far in the past to us, the sacrifice and resurrection of His Son was just like yesterday to God. Part of this is the omniscient nature of our Lord, but another part is that we remind Him daily by our sins and good works. The sins made the sacrifice necessary; the good works come out of Christ's resurrection and love for us.
Of course, we want the good works to outnumber the sins, but that doesn't always happen. Some in the world even think it possible to be "good enough" to pass the entrance exam to Heaven. We know from our Bible reading that no one is good enough to meet God's standard. Yesterday, (literally, not in the metaphorical sense) I was reminded once more about trying versus trusting. We try to get by without sinning, we try to produce good works, and we try to witness, but often fail. We should be trusting in Jesus to take us away from sin, to strengthen us to seize every opportunity for good works, and to lead us in testifying to His glory! I still fall back into the trying and failing part way too often. We must learn in this life, learn to trust in Jesus.
Have a new Sunday in Christ!
Bucky
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