We can doomscroll though our spiritual history. We can dwell on our spiritual defects; we can go back to the times we really blew it. This negatively affects our mental and spiritual health. It is born of a failure to appreciate and receive grace. It can only be cured as we embrace the redemptive power of love and forgiveness. The One who has forgiven us wants us to live in that forgiveness. Our Father aches for us to receive the fullness of His provisions for us. His ache is called suffering grace; look at the cross! Rediscover grace! Live in it!
“Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13b-14 (ESV)
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