Thanks for the memories!

I was thinking about a sermon I recently listened to by Voddie Baucham. He was talking about brokenness in the life of a believer. I was considering his point about remembering who we were to point to God who brought us from there.

How many times I have blown it .... and I mean really blown it as a parent. Some memories that I cringed at and felt so guilt ridden because of my sin in dealing with my kids. Oh how I wished I could change it or at the least forget it!!! Yet, now I look at those memories in a new light.

What a wretch I was! But how great God is !!!! He has taken me so far. He has changed who I am. Only God could take a wretch like me and do anything with her. I have a wonderful relationship with my kids. Thanks be to God and Him alone.

I see those times of total rebellion, self centeredness and immaturity and how far I have come. God has taken the years stolen and given them back ten fold. I can look back and now rejoice. I can see God's goodness, God's grace and God's faithfulness. He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete.

And as Voddie says "I am not who I should be, but Hallelujah I am not who I once was!"

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  1. ErinMarch 24, 2009 at 8:44 AM

    Amen! God's faithfulness is so incredible. Thank you for the encouragement!!

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