The epistle reading for the second Sunday of Easter was the famous passage from I John: “If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Thank you so very much for the above writing, so beautifully said. Since coming here about four years ago to live with my son, I experienced God's forgiveness for a particular sin and then "His blood cleansing me from all unrighteousness (or as some would say 'all unreality'). Then His righteousness flooded my heart like a river, His innocence as the Mirror Translation names righteousness in II Cor. 5. I felt the joy of a new born baby; His faith, His peace, His making new. Having been brought up like you, Katie, I have also been through the other kind of living, letting fear be in the driver's seat, not His perfect love.
Thank you so much for commenting and understanding what I'm getting at. What a blessing to have experienced God's forgiveness and cleansing from that sin...What a good, good gift. So glad you felt that joy and peace...It has been a long walk for me. I wrote a poem about how fearsome it was to love someone who is mortal, so I get it...God is so gentle with us, not giving us more love/light than we can bear.
Katie this piece pierced my soul. You have beautifully described the wrestle so many of us face knowing we were created in the image of God but ultimately being far from fulfilling the measure of our creation without the help of the Savior.
Thank you for your eloquent writing, it has given me so much to ponder and encouraged me along this path of life.
I'm so glad this one encouraged you. I am not sorry for my girlhood faith and all those tears but I am glad that God has brought me to a more quiet walk, where I let him work in me in silence and even saying things morning prayer regularly. I think our Savior does help us. Thank you for your generous comment.
Thank you so very much for the above writing, so beautifully said. Since coming here about four years ago to live with my son, I experienced God's forgiveness for a particular sin and then "His blood cleansing me from all unrighteousness (or as some would say 'all unreality'). Then His righteousness flooded my heart like a river, His innocence as the Mirror Translation names righteousness in II Cor. 5. I felt the joy of a new born baby; His faith, His peace, His making new. Having been brought up like you, Katie, I have also been through the other kind of living, letting fear be in the driver's seat, not His perfect love.
Thank you so much for commenting and understanding what I'm getting at. What a blessing to have experienced God's forgiveness and cleansing from that sin...What a good, good gift. So glad you felt that joy and peace...It has been a long walk for me. I wrote a poem about how fearsome it was to love someone who is mortal, so I get it...God is so gentle with us, not giving us more love/light than we can bear.
Katie this piece pierced my soul. You have beautifully described the wrestle so many of us face knowing we were created in the image of God but ultimately being far from fulfilling the measure of our creation without the help of the Savior.
Thank you for your eloquent writing, it has given me so much to ponder and encouraged me along this path of life.
I'm so glad this one encouraged you. I am not sorry for my girlhood faith and all those tears but I am glad that God has brought me to a more quiet walk, where I let him work in me in silence and even saying things morning prayer regularly. I think our Savior does help us. Thank you for your generous comment.