I am half there w/ all the deadlines.... Something to blog about! Last nite or actually not only last nite... just these days.. i guess God put me w/ a group of ppl for the Hamlet project (well.. who are very.. hmmm...... swear a lot), and that really challenged me. I am just really not use to their way of life, and there are time I am about enjoy their dirty jokes. Part of me keeps on reminding myself to walk away. And it's hard to have pure thoughts w/ all that swearing, and no one seems to mind except me... sigh.. and I am getting use to listening to 3 swear words in one sentence.
What really became clear to me is that Christians or not.. we are all humans and we all sin. I may feel like I am higher than them, but the fact is I am not.. I am just as sinful as any sinners in God's eyes. "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one seeks God. All have turned away..." Romans 3:11,12. But it then says: "This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."(Romans 3:22,23) I can truly see y some ppl don't want to know about God, because their guilt for their sins are keeping them away from true freedom thru Jesus. They don't think a just and all-knowing God would ever forgive their sins and still love them, but the truth is He does.. and He died on the cross to prove that. Jesus "chilled" w/ tax collectors and prostitute, because they repented their sins and acknowledged that they need God. On the other hand, the self-righteous Pharisees didn't think they needed God at all.
haha I got a lil carried away w/ all the Romans verses, but yeah... God is telling me to check within myself, and truly realize that only thru faith in Jesus that I am saved, not thru my own work. Maybe I don't swear, but there are frustrate times when swear words pop into my head, and I NEED JESUS. Everyone needs Him!