Comments on: When Grace Gets Hard http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/05/28/when-grace-gets-hard/ Worship God, Love People, Restore Creation Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: toddb http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/05/28/when-grace-gets-hard/#comment-338 toddb Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:21:00 +0000 http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/05/28/when-grace-gets-hard/#comment-338 Metallica has a song titled, "Cure". The chorus is, "Betting on the cure Cause it must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah everyone's got to have the sickness Cause everyone seems to need the cure Precious cure" I have never liked myself when I have prolonged anger with someone because it seems so selfish on my part. We all have the "sickness" called sin and we all need the cure. My "sickness" is not any better or less bad than anyone else. Metallica has a song titled, “Cure”. The chorus is,
“Betting on the cure
Cause it must get better than this
Betting on the cure
Yeah everyone’s got to have the sickness
Cause everyone seems to need the cure
Precious cure”

I have never liked myself when I have prolonged anger with someone because it seems so selfish on my part. We all have the “sickness” called sin and we all need the cure. My “sickness” is not any better or less bad than anyone else.

]]> By: elaine http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/05/28/when-grace-gets-hard/#comment-319 elaine Thu, 29 May 2008 20:58:09 +0000 http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/05/28/when-grace-gets-hard/#comment-319 We get angry at other people's sins because we wouldn't commit those particular sins, and we excuse ourselves of the sins we would commit. And for me personally, I don't forgive others because I really don't "get" how much I've been forgiven for. Last winter I sat in prayer over my unforgiving heart. I wanted to leave, but God wouldn't let me. God just kept inching me closer and closer to my own sins, and it was pretty gut-wrenching. It is not comfortable to get up close and personal with your own sins. Of course, once you do that, you're so grateful to be forgiven that forgiving others is a breeze! Now, I shared this experience with my JG and said that basically the Holy Spirit sat down and started pinching the zits on my face, letting me see all the pus in them. And it was nasty and gross. But when it was done and my face was clean, I was ready to accept that the other person's face would be clean too, and that I had nothing to hold against her. My JG found this analogy very disgusting. Which is why I'm sharing it on the blog. Enjoy! We get angry at other people’s sins because we wouldn’t commit those particular sins, and we excuse ourselves of the sins we would commit. And for me personally, I don’t forgive others because I really don’t “get” how much I’ve been forgiven for. Last winter I sat in prayer over my unforgiving heart. I wanted to leave, but God wouldn’t let me. God just kept inching me closer and closer to my own sins, and it was pretty gut-wrenching. It is not comfortable to get up close and personal with your own sins. Of course, once you do that, you’re so grateful to be forgiven that forgiving others is a breeze!
Now, I shared this experience with my JG and said that basically the Holy Spirit sat down and started pinching the zits on my face, letting me see all the pus in them. And it was nasty and gross. But when it was done and my face was clean, I was ready to accept that the other person’s face would be clean too, and that I had nothing to hold against her. My JG found this analogy very disgusting. Which is why I’m sharing it on the blog. Enjoy!

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