Dealing with weakness

We all have weaknesses. I have been in an ongoing conversation with a friend about sin and confession. The whole thing started with the idea of confessing every sin you've committed since becoming a Christian. I didn't like that one. Not because I don't confess my sin, not that at all. Me and God are on speaking terms 24/7, although I don't know if he likes the late night calls about every little sound I hear in the house.

Here's my problem: sin in a Christian's life does not mean that he or she does not love God. It means you are either growing, and continually moving away from sin or you are backsliding and moving away from God. In light of my sins, I wouldn't want to give a different impression than the truth: I am a human being who genuinely loves my Lord and boy has he taken me a long way away from where I once was!

Think about this: some people can spend an hour every day in the gym. Some will take a long time to get to that point. My husband used to get mad at me when I would take breaks during a work out video. He didn't understand that I was not giving up. I was building up. I was weak and I needed to build myself up to become stronger.

Life is a process. Jesus died to forgive all our sins and to bring us through the process. Today I am so thankful for my forgiveness. I love Jesus and I am grateful beyond words for his sacrifice. May you all be blessed during this season!

God Bless You and I love you!!!

The Weak and the Strong - Romans 14
1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.

2One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.

3The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.

4Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

6He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

7For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.

8If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

9For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

10You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's
judgment seat.

11 It is written:" 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.' "[a]

12So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

13Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or
obstacle in your brother's way