Wednesday, August 18, 2010

THROUGH OUR TEARS OF REGRET #644081810

SURFING WITH JESUS

Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.

Web Site: http://SurfingwithJesus.Blogspot.com

#64408182010

THROUGH OUR TEARS OF REGRET

It is possible in the course of our Christian walk

to take our eyes off the Lord and stray.

And it's possible to sin in a way we wouldn't have dreamed

then become a prodigal with a high price to pay.

But like the Father he is...God keeps calling our name

like the lost sheep on a faraway hill.

And we can repent & come running back to Him

to His presence and His perfect will.

As painful as it is to realize the sheer truth

that we turned away from the God of our salvation,

We must take His forgiveness...just like the day we were saved

and let God heal us with true restoration.

As important as it is to receive God's forgiveness

we must forgive our own selves for our sin.

For we'll never move forward without self-forgiveness

and God's best work will never begin.

Like the Father He is to the children of grace

He's the one who can make all things new.

And He's the Father who will use even our backslidden chapter

for His glory in the things that we do.

There are spiritual lessons we can learn in the process

when He heals us from what we have done.

For we learn true humility and are far less judgmental

and more grateful for the gift of His Son.

Later on, when we're healed we rejoice in His mercy

and hold precious memories we will never forget,

Of the Father who ran to meet us with a robe of forgiveness

and held us close through our tears of regret.

© Sheila Gosney

“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him

and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight,

and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him,

and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’

And they began to be merry.

LUKE 15:20-24 NKJV

For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“ I dwell in the high and holy place,
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 57:15 NKJV

Midi: Through It All

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This was shared with me and I felt it would bless you too.

REMEMBER

“If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1John 1:9

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