I wasn’t going to blog this morning until I got back to the room from loading the car and the nudge just wouldn’t stop, so here it is.  This morning’s devotion was filled with the topic of conviction vs condemnation.  I’m going to be giving my testimony to our Celebrate Recovery group this coming Wednesday.  Thus, I’ve been working on its revision to include all of the “new creation” things God has been awakening me to in the past few months.  The last couple days have been filled with condemnation because I’m still just the old man I use to be–my mind tells me.  Particularly in the evenings when I am tired, this hits and I stew and struggle to believe otherwise.  This morning’s scripture reading in I John 3 talks a great deal about these two and how the new creation is convicted because he still gets tempted and he has the access to the Almighty Team:  God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.  The old man knows he has them but he doesn’t believe they’ll do the same for him as they will for others–he’s just not worth it.

Part of what God is showing me is that I’m learning to walk in the new creation.  Learning to walk, as we know it from being with young children, has many falls.  A little child just smiles and gets back up.  I, on the other hand, stew and condemn knowing I’m just not “new enough”.  So, God is reminding me to be patient with myself.  Write this testimony and let others know what the real battle is like in being a new creation is.  This I will do as I get back home today.  Thanks for letting me share this with you.