My reflex is to make excuses or find "out clauses." I want to be good enough. I want to find a way for me to still see myself as successful in light of the damning sentiment prescribed in this verse.
If this command (to love the Lord you God with all of your heart and soul as cited in the preceding vs. 10) is not too hard or beyond my ability, then my failure is even more negligent and blameworthy than I ever thought.
I am worse than I wished, more lazy then I like to think, and more responsible than I often reason I should be.
I do not love the LORD with all my heart, soul, and strength as I should.
Lord, please forgive me in Christ and wash away my sins of laziness in not doing what I should and my sins of indulgence in doing that which I know I should not. Please Jesus be enough for me before the Father to absorb the wrath I have incurred and stored up for myself. I cannot recover what I have lost or make up for what I have surrendered without You to bridge the increasing distance between myself and the holiness of God.
My reflex is to make excuses or find "out clauses." I want to be good enough. I want to find a way for me to still see myself as successful in light of the damning sentiment prescribed in this verse.
ReplyDeleteIf this command (to love the Lord you God with all of your heart and soul as cited in the preceding vs. 10) is not too hard or beyond my ability, then my failure is even more negligent and blameworthy than I ever thought.
I am worse than I wished, more lazy then I like to think, and more responsible than I often reason I should be.
I do not love the LORD with all my heart, soul, and strength as I should.
Lord, please forgive me in Christ and wash away my sins of laziness in not doing what I should and my sins of indulgence in doing that which I know I should not. Please Jesus be enough for me before the Father to absorb the wrath I have incurred and stored up for myself. I cannot recover what I have lost or make up for what I have surrendered without You to bridge the increasing distance between myself and the holiness of God.