here goes:
but now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. there is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. he did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forebearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished -- he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
just being reminded of this beingmaderightwithGod that is not my own doing AT ALL constantly is so good for me. i always need to be reminded that i cannot earn my rightness with God. no matter how many times i read or hear this, it seems within a few hours, i've forgotten already that no matter what i do -- be it good or bad -- i cannot change my position with God. i can be more intimate with him, spend more time with him, know him more fully, but i cannot change my being right with him.
hallelujah.
and sam asked me to write her a poem. sometimes it's hard to write a poem when someone asks, like naomi shihab nye's poem valentine for earnest mann, but i do want to write one for her. it just make take quite a while.
it sometimes makes me nervous when people want to read my writing -- my real writing -- or ask me to write them poems. i don't think i'm a fantastic writer, i need my writing to get much stronger, but i want to teach english, so i'm sometimes worried people will really judge my writing on account of what i want in the future. hopefully sam will not. i don't think she will.
thanksgiving break begins tomorrow. it's so great. love it. i can't wait to spend time with family and friends back home. fantastic.
peace.
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