Thursday, April 28, 2011

WHAT I TRULY DESERVE

WE AS HUMAN BEINGS OFTEN GET OUR FEELINGS HURT AND SOMETIMES THINK WE ARE UNDESERVING OF SUCH TREATMENT.  IT IS QUITE SIMPLE TO SAY, "I DIDNT DESERVE THAT."  WE OFTEN BECOME UPSET WHEN OUR LOVED ONES GET HURT BY OTHERS AS WELL.  LONGSTANDING FAMILY FUEDS ARE SOMETIMES CAUSED BY US SAYING AND THINKING "HE DIDNT DESERVE TO GET TREATED THAT WAY" OR "SHE DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER."  IN MY "NOTE" TODAY, I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS THOUGHT ONTO A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL.  I WANNA LOOK AT MYSELF AND WHAT I TRULY DESERVE. 

THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, IT WAS TOO EASY TO PLACE THE BLAME ON OTHERS EVERY TIME SOMETHING DIDNT GO MY WAY.  I DIDNT DESERVE THIS, I DIDNT DESERVE THAT.  THE GRASS WAS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.  IN MY CASE, I EVEN THOUGHT THE WATER WOULD LOOK BETTER FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN. WHEN MY MARRIAGE FAILED, IT WASNT MY FAULT.  WHEN MY FAMILY TURNED THEIR BACK ON ME, I HAD THE NERVE TO BE ANGRY.  PROBLEMS AT WORK WERE ALWAYS CAUSED BY OTHERS.  MY RELATIONSHIPS FAILED BECAUSE I CHOSE LOSERS.  THE JUDGE WANTED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF ME.  SOME PEOPLE DIDNT LIKE ME AND TALKED ABOUT ME BEHIND MY BACK. 
  
......I DIDNT DESERVE ANY OF THIS......
  
IN FACT, I DESERVED SO MUCH MORE!!!  I DESERVED TO BE CONSIDERED AN OUTCAST BY MY OWN FAMILY.  I DIDNT DESERVE TO HAVE A HUSBAND.  NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND SHOULD HAVE WANTED TO HIRE ME.  I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE PRIVLEGE OF CALLING ANYONE MY FRIEND.  I DESERVED EVERY SINGLE HEARTACHE I RECEIVED.  THE JUDGE SHOULD HAVE SENTENCED ME TO THE FULLEST.  I TRULY DESERVED TO BE BEATEN, TIED TO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND DRUG DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD.  BUT.......THAT DIDNT HAPPEN.
  
MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST DRUG A HEAVY WOODEN CROSS FOR OVER TWO MILES UP A TORTUROUS HILL FOR ME INSTEAD.  AFTER HE RECEIVED THE BEATING I SO VERY MUCH DESERVED!  HE, WHO WAS WITHOUT SIN, WAS NAILED TO THAT OLD WOODEN CROSS AND DIED SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE!  WOW....HE DID THAT FOR ME!  EVERY SIN THAT I HAVE EVER COMMITTED WAS WASHED AWAY BY THE BLOOD HE SHED THAT DAY.  THROUGH HIS DEATH, I BECAME DESERVING OF HIS LOVE. 
  
THERE IS NOTHING OR NO ONE ON THIS EARTH WHO COULD HAVE RESTORED MY LIFE OR MADE ME A BETTER PERSON.  IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD THAT I AM ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU TODAY.  I AM SO UNDESERVING OF HIS SACRIFICE.  THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE, I AM A BETTER PERSON.  AND FOR THAT, I AM SO GRATEFUL TODAY.  PLEASE ALLOW OUR GOD TO MOVE IN YOUR LIFE TODAY AS WELL.  IF HE DID IT FOR ME, THE MOST UNDESERVING ONE OF ALL, HE CAN AND HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU!

PSALM 103:10  HE HAS NOT DEALT WITH US ACCORDING TO OUR SINS, NOR PUNISHED US ACCORDING TO OUR INIQUITIES.

MATTHEW 22:8  "THEN HE SAID TO HIS SERVANTS, THE WEDDING IS READY, BUT THOSE WHO WERE INVITED ARE NOT WORTHY"

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