His love for me - in spite of everything - continues to astound me...

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Allen5566

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Feb 18, 2014
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Hi all,

I may call myself a Christian, but if I were to be brutally honest, I have not been a very good Christian - or person, for that matter.

I struggle with pride, with jealousy, with lust, with anxiety, with low self-esteem, with forgiving myself for my sins, with holding myself accountable for my own actions, with stubbornness, with anger, with being hard on myself...the list goes on. All of this indicates that I have difficulties loving myself. And all of this is why I continue to need Jesus.

When I began to give my life to Christ ( I say that, because giving my life to Christ for me has been something that I have needed to do on a daily, hourly, minute-by-minute basis), I initially (naively) thought that my life would get easier. That, of course, did not happen. What did happen was that I became aware of how much I needed Jesus.

If God can love me, He can love anyone. And His love is where it all begins. Where it all began. Where love began.

Note that I didn't do anything here to deserve God's love. I didn't earn God's love. I earned God's wrath. We all did - but it was his Son's sacrificial love that showed us a way. The only way. And His love for me - in spite of everything I have done, am doing, and will continue to do - astounds me.

I just hope that I can be more like Him, and less like me. I know I often fail at that. And you know what? That's OK. Because there was only one man who could be without failure, without flaw, without sin. A perfect human life. That's who our faith is in. Let's all try to be more aware of that, and continue to live for Him, and Him alone -even knowing that we will fail.

Thank you.
 
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newlife7

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I began trying to truly walk in God's ways in 2001, however, it was not until 2014 that I understood how that walk was supposed to be walked. Never give up, If we confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that Jesus is Lord we will be saved!!!! Also make sure you understand Hebrews 8:13
 

Violet24

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Its so true that we are saved by Grace, and no matter how bad we can mess things up in our lives, Jesus will never give up on us. He pursues us passionately & His Love is relentless. As we come to Him with a sincere repentant heart, we are forgiven a million times over. I know how much I'm in need of a Savior in every minute of every day. He is & always will be forever devoted to his bride. When we recognize how small we are & how awesome our God is, that keeps us humble & being humble is a good place to be...
 
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Miri

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Hi Allen, you sound like a normal Christian to me.

I think we all go through that, as violet has said it is a humbling experience to realise there is nothing we can do to deserve
the saving grace of Jesus. Every day is a reminder of how much we need him and every day is a reminder of how amazing
Jesus is that he reaches out to us.
 
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There is not one BIBLICAL character who did not have huge flaws. THE BIBLE sweeps nothing under the rug about anybody. Stop focusing on 'SELF" and start doing for others. Real J.O.Y is Jesus, Others, YOU...in that order. Next time you volunteer at a soup kitchen, or do an arts & craft project at a nursing home, rejoice that GOD is allowing you to see a side of you that is much more important than self condemnation.
 
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RachelP03

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Amen!! We will fail and fail everyday. What I love about people is when they know they will fail and they know they will never be perfect, but yet still try to reach that goal daily. Gods love, grace and mercy is a beautiful thing and the fact that we have the Holy Spirit within us to convict us and help guide us is such a blessing also! Thank you for sharing that and reminding all of us how messed up, but yet loved we are!! :)