His Gentleness Makes Us Great

I am so overwhelmed at how good God is, & His gentleness. So many times, we are so hard on ourselves & beat ourselves up for never getting anything right. We have these false expectations on ourselves that we can actually get things right. Yet, we are like little kids who are feeling our way through life, not really knowing how to do things. If we do something the wrong way, we beat ourselves up for it.

But a relationship with God is organic & growing. His laws concerning sin are set & we cannot transgress those, but many times, we treat ourselves like sinners for things that are not sin--we just don't know how to do something we think we should know how to do. Maybe we don't handle a relationship situation right, or we are fumbling through decisions concerning life direction or we handle situations a certain way that could have been done better. The Lord doesn't hate us for that, & He doesn't expect us to get it right. It's His gentle leadership that makes us great (Ps. 18:35), & every situation in our lives is designed to get us to talk to Him & ask Him questions. Life is a journey with Jesus. Amen.