Wrecked Afresh

So this morning I read Pastor Jeff's blog . Then I read Pastor Curtis' blog. (Both of them titled the same as this one) Then I picked up Wild Goose Chase to read chapter five -The Cage Of Guilt- to prepare for my Life Group tonight and I got 'wrecked afresh'. Man was my world rocked.

Now you need to understand I had already read the book before. We read it together as a staff back in August. But this time through was different.

Last time reading through I got very little out of this chapter. Maybe I power-read through it to get ready for staff meeting. Maybe my attitude was bad. Maybe I was distracted. Who knows. Interestingly enough, the whole story of Peter's denial of Jesus and his subsequent guilt and shame then later getting "reinstated" by Jesus is one of my favorite stories in all of the Bible. Maybe that was why. Maybe I thought " I already know this story. I'll just skim through it. I mean really, what more can I learn from this story. What more can I learn from this chapter." Uh.........WRONG!

This morning I was "wrecked afresh". SO many challenges from God, so many convictions, so many things to be grateful for, so many blessings--all at the same time. BAM! Wrecked.

One particular line just jumped off the pages straight into my heart---"It's like Jesus is saying to us 'You give Me all your sin. I'll give you all My righteousness. And we'll call it even'. Wow!

Wrecked,
Grant