thinking
So I have a thought process going on, and I'm not sure it will really make any sense... so bare with me. What defines us? Is it who we want to be in our hearts, or who we are through our actions? I know that at first you want to say.. "well who we are through our actions.. DUH! I mean, your actions reflect who you are in your heart." But that isn't necessarily so true. I know for myself that I definately have more hope to do whats right in my heart then what I actually carry out in my actions. Which is why I'm writing about this. I find it very emotionally draining. It seems I can't live up to the standard I set for myself, and before you ask, yes, it is an abtainable standard. Because of the drain, such a big part of me wants to just say.. okay, this is how I am, I'm going to accept it and not try to hard to strive for that standard, cause I just seem to always screw up. But is that being apathetic? How do we deal with this? I know there are some very cookie cutter answers for this one, but I'm looking for a not so cookie cutter, thought provoking thought on this.. Anyone? ... any of the 4 of you who read my blog that is :-) lol
posted by Aaron at 11:24 AM
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I read it!!!! I read it!!!
11:15 PM
Romans 7:14-25
14 The law is good, then. The trouble is not with the law but with me, because I am sold into slavery, with sin as my master. 15 I don't understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate. 16 I know perfectly well that what I am doing is wrong, and my bad conscience shows that I agree that the law is good. 17 But I can't help myself, because it is sin inside me that makes me do these evil things. 18 I know I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No matter which way I turn, I can't make myself do right. I want to, but I can't. 19 When I want to do good, I don't. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. 20 But if I am doing what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing it; the sin within me is doing it. 21 It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God's law with all my heart. 23 But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin? F24 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Looks like you're not the only one!
6:52 PM
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