I love Wellspring. God refreshes my soul through it. I feel like a different (happy, free) person when I leave. We are studying Galatians. Today we started in on chapter 5 and this part jumped out at me...
Do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.... If you let yourselves be circumcised (or serve small gods, lame masters, clean house, order, control), Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.... The only thing that counts is faith, expressing itself thru love.
This explains a lot of my struggles to me.
Kim shared that often when we are having a hard time accepting forgiveness (or circumstances maybe?), its b/c we are serving a small god (my desires, wishes), not the Living God. Christ has set us free, forgiven us, He doesn't serve my little gods but works all things for His Glory, even at the cost of my comfort.
What on earth am I doing writing this out, it freaks me out a bit but I thought it was profound this morning and wanted to "record it".
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