He sat there, with tears in his eyes trying to convince me that the reason he was making bad choices and not doing the right thing was because of his brother. When he saw that I was not buying into his case, he surrendered his argument and said "I am trying to be a good boy and do the right things, but I am just not." A few more minutes later and a revelation that I cannot argue with he says " I know, it is my sin nature."
And there my friends is when the Lord spoke to me on the stairs of time out. You see my four year old boys plea is no different from the cry of his mother. Oh Lord, I am trying to be a good wife, or oh Lord I am trying to eat better, Oh Lord I am trying to get the energy to exercise but I am just not. Making excuses why I am not doing what I need to do, when the reality is that I am fighting with the flesh and the ways of my sinful nature.
" Son you are right, we need to pray and ask Jesus to help us." The solution and prayer was simple. I can go into the scripture and turn this blog into a study, but sometimes we need to keep it as simple as a four year old understands.
Oh Lord, help me to do the right things,
Mon
Just like Paul (and me!), I tell you... what a teachable moment! From God to you to Noah! Ah, love you guys! Nay
ReplyDeleteRom 7:15 I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate.
Rom 7:16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.
Rom 7:17 So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
(NLT)
oh yes bible scholar.. holla! Good stuff!!!
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