tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765060548194733776.post564238096278006405..comments2010-06-25T15:03:17.283-04:00Comments on From the Inside Out: TruthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765060548194733776.post-72812047222937534802008-12-22T19:39:00.000-05:002008-12-22T19:39:00.000-05:00When you get up in the morning, when you're having...When you get up in the morning, when you're having quiet time or however you start your day, please take a moment and acknowledge what a gignormous blessing you are to me.<BR/><BR/>I came to terms a while ago with my past, with the girl I've been and how she tries to break in and play a role with the woman I've become. To me, it makes me feel that much closer to God, to know that I could be so dirty and sinful and the entire time I was dragging Him through that, He loved me so completely and never judged me. I did, however, totally need to hear what you wrote about how He's just excited that there's only 46 more times until we get it! I get sucked into the "what if" game a lot, as I'm sure you do, too, but moments like that remind us that we needed to be that girl to get us to the women we are becoming. Would we know so intimately the sweetness of forgiveness if we hadn't been so filthy and sinful before? Maybe, but somehow I doubt it. Would we be able to relate to the lowest people in the Bible as deeply, the Mary Magdalenes and whatnot, if we had never lived lives similar to theirs? I doubt that, too. Everyone needs different lessons in their lives, and those are experiences that we should not feel ashamed of having. We should instead see them as different types of markings that God is using to paint the beautiful pictures of our lives. And then we should PRAISE HIM with all we've got for not leaving us as those girls.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13800222413239096864noreply@blogger.com