We're moving into the reformatiion in our studies, and for the older two that means Omnibus has picked up one of Luther's writings, on the Bondage of the Will. Officially the Veritas worldview notes suggest a focus on our free will vs the sovereignty of God, Christ's Lordship. Underneath though it raises another issue, one that I desperately feel the need for a reminder, to be grateful for eveything, because God made it.
In reading the background notes I kept coming back to the idea that we need to recognize our achievements, and our failures are God's gifts to us, not our own successes to receive praise for. They are the things that we do because a good and loving God created us, redeemed us, gifted us and and loved us.
Even where we haven't received the redemption bit and are still a long way from knowing this God who made us, the truth remains. Our feel good moments are not in what we achieve, but rather in the love that God has for us.
Now if I could only step away from my insecurities and live that. That would be life changing!
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