Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Highs -n- Lows Dealing with the Disease

Another Beautiful Day!

This morning I woke up with swelling...this is again is my normal routine. :-(  Every morning is different but I do have some amount of swelling. I get up, take meds, now I'm making coffee, watching Joyce Meyers...working on the blog...

I saw an add in the weekly advertiser about healthy frozen foods.  This individual started her own business after her fight with cancer.  She will be sharing her story and her information about her food business on Sunday in Plainview.  I may go to see what she has to offer and to see if it can help me. :-)

Paul and I were talking about me just eating smoothies to see if I can keep the swelling under control that way.  I'll continue to try things until I can keep my swelling and other symptoms under control.

I am so thankful for all I can do...

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Today's Bible Study

Dealing with Feelings of Guilt
By Charles Stanley
Read | Ephesians 2:1-10

Guilt can be like a poison working insidiously on the inside to create havoc in our thoughts and emotions. The antidote is to understand why we feel guilty and to know how to apply scriptural teachings on the subject.

Misunderstanding grace results in guilty feelings, which make us think that in order to be a “good” Christian, we must clean up our act ourselves. In contrast, the message of grace is this: At the cross, Jesus paid our sin debt in full and declared us righteous in His sight. We do not have to measure up; through Christ, we have been made acceptable exactly as we are.

Another thing that can make us feel guilty is confusion about confession and forgiveness. Some believers are concerned about hidden sins that they haven’t yet identified; others worry about whether they’ve confessed enough to be forgiven. It is true that 1 John 1:9 tells us to confess our wrongdoing, but doing so is not what makes us forgiven. It is what Jesus did at Calvary that provides forgiveness of all our sins.

Refusing to let go of the past can also produce guilty emotions, because some of us feel undeserving of forgiveness—knowing what sins we have committed can lead to an ongoing sense of shame. Jesus Christ died on the cross so that all our sins—past, present, and future—could be forgiven. This is part of the miracle of grace.

The truth of God’s Word frees us from the prison of false guilt and allows us to live life His way. Are you walking in freedom?

Looking forward to another great day...

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