It’s been a few days since I’ve posted anything. What has God been saying to me? He’s been showing me how much I try to save myself, in my own strength. I am a person who is trying to please God and earn His acceptance. Well, on Sunday, I’d had just about enough of the vicious cycle of striving and failing and falling under condemnation. I’d become really tired of trying to live in my own strength. I’m choosing to live accepting God’s free gift of mercy and grace, and believing in faith that He is way better at transforming who I am than I am at it. It doesn’t mean perfection (which will be challenging to accept), but it does mean hope. And it’s not like I haven’t heard this message before, but this time, I ‘heard’ it in a different way and realized more of my need and dependency in Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"