Last week my blog was one of sincere repentance, following a slow-dawning revelation of how I had let my spirituality standards slide gradually down to a shameful low. I don’t know how shameful they’d appear to you or anyone else, but that’s not the point, is it? They’d fallen past the point where they’d be pleasing to the Lord, and His is the standard that matters. For that matter, they’d slid past even my own; I just hadn’t been paying attention.

But my encounter with a brother in the Lord, and his remarkable family, really woke me up. It reminded me of how I used to live out my faith, not that long ago. He mentioned some spiritual practices that I had let fall away without even realizing. The effect was galvanizing.

Romans 7:24,25 says it all: “What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die? Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me.” Rather than fall even further backwards by despairing and giving in to discouragement, I am excited to look forward and grab hold of the hope I have in this promise. Did I feel sorrow at my disappointing behavior? Ah, yes…. But I cannot be overwhelmed if I cling to the Rock that is stronger than I. Well, I guess I could… but why would I?

No, I delight in my rescue and my Rescuer. Together we will go on to do the works already prepared. Things are lookin’ up. All the way up.

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