Release from Self-condemnation

Devotions for those who are weary of feeling not good enough, regardless of the source of those feelings.

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Never Give Up

The God I belong to, the God I worship, sent a heavenly messenger to me this night.  He said, “Do not be afraid, Paul. I’m not finished with you yet.
Acts 27:23-24 The Voice

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Initial success followed by heartbreaking failure 

is not an unusual pattern in weight loss 

or any other program of self-improvement. 

When we fail we must remind ourselves that we serve a God who, 

in this age of grace, 

provides repeated opportunities to begin again; 

every morning we find His arms open to us. 

In our Lord, every day is a new opportunity. 

We never come to the end of His willingness to receive us 

when we have come to the end of ourselves. 

Our life journeys will proceed 

on the Lord’s timetable and not our own, 

but we can take heart. 

The Lord says to us, as He said to Paul, 

“Do not be afraid, Child, I’m not finished with you yet!

--from day 51

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