Well, my fingers are getting better.  Today was the first time I typed 2018 without correcting the 8 from a 7.  That must mean the habit is being recreated.  There really is some dedication that needs to be put into place in order for habits to be broken or recreated.  We all deal with sin habits that we want broken.  Personally, that’s one reason I enjoy Celebrate Recovery so much.  It keeps me, as well as all that are attending, focused on God rather than the habit and that the habit is addressed by our surrendering it to God rather than trying to tackle it from our own strength.

I’m right in the middle of the book of Romans in my scripture reading.  It is, and has always been, a challenging book.  It nails our need to develop faith in order to have a relationship with God replacing what we thought was our need for good works.  I’ve kind of known this my whole life but I’ve lived my entire life as though I didn’t know it at all.  My relationship with God, even though real, was so dependent upon my “doing good” for Him.  All my doing good had to be done to override what I thought kept Him from loving me. I just saw myself as too dirty.  All this time it was I who didn’t have the relationship with me.  I couldn’t love someone with the dirty past.  Once I was able to separate my past from the person I am (this isn’t done but I’m much further down the road with it) I could then accept Christ’s work on the cross for me.

God is such an incredible God.  This love He has for us is inconceivable from our human perspective.  However, I’m so grateful He is lovingly patient as we grow into a much closer walk with Him.  Don’t give up until the miracle has happened for you.  God so loves you (and me)!