This track has been one of my favorites for about two weeks now. The melody is right in line with what I love, and the lyrics couldn't be more scriptural and descriptive of not only myself, but really humanity's struggle with Christ as a whole. This morning, I was inspired through this song to pray a prayer that I had never prayed before, which was "Jesus, in your grace, will you make my story of brokenness into a beautiful one?" There are two mistakes that Christians can make in regards to their brokenness. One is to completely disregard it, view it as 'no big deal' and stay unchanged in light of their relationship with Jesus, and the other is to focus too much on it and lose sight of the work of Christ in their lives. I wholeheartedly fall in the latter category. I can't tell you how many times I've caught myself poring over mistakes I made in relationships years ago, rethinking and regretting sins from the past that I know Christ has forgiven me for, and getting angry at myself for struggling in general. Through Godly relationships and great mentoring, I've learned to move into a healthy place in regards to my brokenness. I'm learning that we are all inwardly bent away from God and towards ourselves, and because of sin, we all struggle to mirror Christ like we were meant to. I'm learning that as Christians, we must have a healthy view of sin and ourselves, but our focus through it all must remain on Jesus and His lordship over all things, because truthfully, our perfectionist tendencies won't make me perfect like Christ, and neither will our blatant disregard of sin.
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