Fail Safe
I recently was sent an email full of pictures like this.
Hilarious moments where things didn't quite work out as intended.
(You gotta feel bad for that poor kid kicking the ball into his face!)
And we all can relate. I could have a book full of the stupid things I've done.
Actually, I have snapshots like these in my head. Things I've done or said that I've stamped a big fat "Fail" across. Seriously, like stupid things I said when I was 13. I still haven't gotten over the humiliation and regret!
Aren't you glad God doesn't have a wall of pictures of His kids doing stupid things reminding Him of how we've failed? That He wants us to rip up those pictures of those moments we keep of ourselves?
My mind went to the verse that says God has removed our sins as far as the east is from the west. I found it in Psalm 103 and read the whole chapter...and read it again...and again. Wow. We mess up so much in this life but we have a God who forgives our sins and casts them away from us. He cleanses us completely. Those pictures don't even exist. And whenever I picture those times of failure it is not my God putting it in my head. It's our mutual enemy seeking to drive a wedge between me and my Heavenly Father.
There's no reason for me to hold onto those photos. God doesn't. And reminding myself of those failures only keeps me from truly experiencing His grace and mercy like He wants me to.
No, God definitely doesn't have a wall of pictures like these. In fact, I like to think He has a refrigerator for each one of us, covered with pictures of us that have made Him smile.
Aren't you glad God doesn't have a wall of pictures of His kids doing stupid things reminding Him of how we've failed? That He wants us to rip up those pictures of those moments we keep of ourselves?
My mind went to the verse that says God has removed our sins as far as the east is from the west. I found it in Psalm 103 and read the whole chapter...and read it again...and again. Wow. We mess up so much in this life but we have a God who forgives our sins and casts them away from us. He cleanses us completely. Those pictures don't even exist. And whenever I picture those times of failure it is not my God putting it in my head. It's our mutual enemy seeking to drive a wedge between me and my Heavenly Father.
There's no reason for me to hold onto those photos. God doesn't. And reminding myself of those failures only keeps me from truly experiencing His grace and mercy like He wants me to.
No, God definitely doesn't have a wall of pictures like these. In fact, I like to think He has a refrigerator for each one of us, covered with pictures of us that have made Him smile.
Emily
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