Christ_empowered
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I've heard this term, here and there, over the years. Now, I'm starting to --get it-- .
Mama went down to another part of the state for a brief work-related outing. She's back now. Anyway, she knocked on my door a lil bit ago to let me know that she was back. I hugged her...and it was not at all awkward or weird or...--sigh-- we were --so-- estranged for --so-- long, largley because of my sins and general wretchedness....and now...
...we had a pleasant convo! she talked, i chatted her up while she did some laundry, she said I gave her a valuable idea for a side project she's got going ((unintentionally on my part...)), and...and...
...ALL the good things come from The Lord!
Yesterday, my dad and I had the place to ourselves, and it was calm, pleasant. some nice convo, he slow cooked some pork ribs (which were awesome, btw), and...again: I --love-- my parents now. Its not all bout me, not all about (whine whine, insert bratty stuff HERE...), I'm not trying use them as human ATMs...
...and that's Christ's work in our lives, or at least, a big part of it. I may never know why I was who I was...honestly, for better or for worse, after all that shock and everything, I don't even remember a whole lot of who I was, what I was about, etc., but now...
...thanks to Christ, its not a big deal! I mean, OK; its a "big deal" in the sense that I've been forgiven, saved and set free, washed and made clean, I"m a new creation in Christ Jesus...these are, by their very nature, "big deals." But my parents really needed a miracle in my life, Jesus has come thru for all 3 of us, and now...
...I'm a flawed work-in-progress. I have my sins, my sin patterns. I have some growing up to do (much less than I did, Praise God!), but I'm not...that person I was. At all. The Lord has willed to change me so much, already, that people sometimes (gasp) enjoy my company and I (gasp) think about --other-- people and I (gasp) even appreciate...well, life.
On top of all that, I'm healthy, my parents are healthy+they're doing well financially, so that makes their lives (as bona fide "grown ups," lol) much, much easier.
OK. As usual, I've rambled. I'm just...rejoicing. Maybe even genuinely, truly happy...about Christ's work in our lives...so I thought I'd offer up a Praise Report, especially since sometimes I get moody and semi-Marxist and what not and turn all doom and gloom.
Thanks, y'all, for the ongoing prayers, support, replies...and thanks for reading so much of what I write.
Mama went down to another part of the state for a brief work-related outing. She's back now. Anyway, she knocked on my door a lil bit ago to let me know that she was back. I hugged her...and it was not at all awkward or weird or...--sigh-- we were --so-- estranged for --so-- long, largley because of my sins and general wretchedness....and now...
...we had a pleasant convo! she talked, i chatted her up while she did some laundry, she said I gave her a valuable idea for a side project she's got going ((unintentionally on my part...)), and...and...
...ALL the good things come from The Lord!
Yesterday, my dad and I had the place to ourselves, and it was calm, pleasant. some nice convo, he slow cooked some pork ribs (which were awesome, btw), and...again: I --love-- my parents now. Its not all bout me, not all about (whine whine, insert bratty stuff HERE...), I'm not trying use them as human ATMs...
...and that's Christ's work in our lives, or at least, a big part of it. I may never know why I was who I was...honestly, for better or for worse, after all that shock and everything, I don't even remember a whole lot of who I was, what I was about, etc., but now...
...thanks to Christ, its not a big deal! I mean, OK; its a "big deal" in the sense that I've been forgiven, saved and set free, washed and made clean, I"m a new creation in Christ Jesus...these are, by their very nature, "big deals." But my parents really needed a miracle in my life, Jesus has come thru for all 3 of us, and now...
...I'm a flawed work-in-progress. I have my sins, my sin patterns. I have some growing up to do (much less than I did, Praise God!), but I'm not...that person I was. At all. The Lord has willed to change me so much, already, that people sometimes (gasp) enjoy my company and I (gasp) think about --other-- people and I (gasp) even appreciate...well, life.
On top of all that, I'm healthy, my parents are healthy+they're doing well financially, so that makes their lives (as bona fide "grown ups," lol) much, much easier.
OK. As usual, I've rambled. I'm just...rejoicing. Maybe even genuinely, truly happy...about Christ's work in our lives...so I thought I'd offer up a Praise Report, especially since sometimes I get moody and semi-Marxist and what not and turn all doom and gloom.
Thanks, y'all, for the ongoing prayers, support, replies...and thanks for reading so much of what I write.
