Finally convinced

 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

I think that I used to convince myself that this verse was true. I would tell myself “His grace is sufficient for you Keely, you don’t need anything. His grace is all you need.” And I wanted it to be sufficient so badly. But, the issue was, I didn’t know of my own weakness. Therefore, I couldn’t fully accept his grace. In Luke, Jesus refers to a woman who had been forgiven of much:

“Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

She understood her depravity. Therefore, grace was devoured and proved to be sufficient. But if we believe that we are short on weakness, grace (which is not based on performance) has no merit in our lives.

I am a sinner. I sin. And my heart breaks for those I hurt in that process and for the breaking of my own heart in that process. Sin deserves consequence. And allowing those consequences to break your heart is a part of the redemptive process. “It’s when you’re breaking down, with your insides coming out….. that’s when you find out what your heart is made of.” I have found that my heart is completely reliant on grace. And that God’s grace is enough. I don’t have to make it be enough. It just covers me behind and before. I am wrapped in the eternal security of God’s grace. I belong to Him…. And nothing can separate me from His love.

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

I think I’m finally convinced as well.