I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. -Ezekiel 36:26
I am on break. 5-minute break that is.
The deadline of my PTC reports is tomorrow and I am not yet done. I tried not to cram and started early this week but the load is just heavy. Sometimes I wonder if parents really read and scrutinize these reports. I hope they do because I really work hard on them.
I felt the Lord's lambing again today through His Word, particularly in the First Reading from Ezekiel. It's amazing how you get to see the story between God and His people unfold as you read the scriptures each day. No matter how angry God gets for the foolishness and sinfulness of His people, the ending never changes. It's the same each time - God vindicates His people and accepts them with open arms again and again. Yes, again and again and again. That's how GREAT He is. He might have the worst temper in the Old Testament but He never fails to make lambing again to His people by blessing them even more despite the wrong they have done. In the same way, every time I think I fail in His eyes, especially when I sin, He offers me forgiveness even before I ask. He makes this known through His word, through the people around me, and the big and small blessing I continue to receive. He gives me countless chances to redeem myself because I know I am worth a second, a third, a fourth chance and more.
I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit in you.
God really makes all things new. As I am pressed for time and burdened with these endless tasks, I feel like I am constantly being renewed. He won't let me down. He replaces my bruised heart with a fresh heart filled with hope to carry on. He revives my battered spirit, which gives me a kick to get moving once again. I know I can do this. I can finish this. For I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13).
Ciao!
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