04/16/2018
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GRACE!
EVEN YOUR MISTAKES CAN BE recycled into something good through My
transforming grace. Do you believe this - believe that your mistakes
can be used for good in My kingdom?
I know you hate making mistakes, but I don't want you hating yourself for having messed up. When you let your mind run freely at such a time, it is easy to start fantasizing about what might have been - if only you had acted or chosen differently. Let Me give you a strong dose of My transforming grace!
The best strategy for accepting yourself, even when you make mistakes, is living close to Me. This nearness helps you see things from My perspective. You tend to view yourself as someone who should be almost perfect, making very few errors. My perspective is quite different: I see you as My beloved child - weak in many ways, prone to wandering from Me. However, your weakness and waywardness cannot diminish My constant Love for you. Moreover, My infinite wisdom enables Me to take your errors and weave them into an intricate work that is good.
You need to accept not only yourself but also the choices you have made. Fantasizing about having done things differently is a time-wasting trap. The more you fantasize, the further from Me you wander. When you realize this has happened, turn around and run back to Me! Take time to talk with Me and relax in My Presence. Your perfectionist tendencies will dissolve as you soak in My transforming grace.
I know you hate making mistakes, but I don't want you hating yourself for having messed up. When you let your mind run freely at such a time, it is easy to start fantasizing about what might have been - if only you had acted or chosen differently. Let Me give you a strong dose of My transforming grace!
The best strategy for accepting yourself, even when you make mistakes, is living close to Me. This nearness helps you see things from My perspective. You tend to view yourself as someone who should be almost perfect, making very few errors. My perspective is quite different: I see you as My beloved child - weak in many ways, prone to wandering from Me. However, your weakness and waywardness cannot diminish My constant Love for you. Moreover, My infinite wisdom enables Me to take your errors and weave them into an intricate work that is good.
You need to accept not only yourself but also the choices you have made. Fantasizing about having done things differently is a time-wasting trap. The more you fantasize, the further from Me you wander. When you realize this has happened, turn around and run back to Me! Take time to talk with Me and relax in My Presence. Your perfectionist tendencies will dissolve as you soak in My transforming grace.
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding." Ephesians 1:7-8
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