My Salvation

After writing for pages in my journal, I figured I'd type up the rest to spare my hand from more pain. [I do love a good handwritten journal entry, though]

So far, this year has been one God has been using to teach me to trust Him. And wow, His ways of teaching me are....bizarre. I'm pretty sure He would admit that in a heartbeat, too. Anyway, after ups and downs and ins and outs spinning me off my comfortable chair...I....yeah, I'm still learning! :] But, it's so good. Because He is so good.

And tonight, God showed me this...and it sank in differently than any other time I have read Romans. More proof that it's not about me or anything I can or will ever do.

For Moses wrote that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. But, the way of getting right with God through faith says, "You don't need to go to heaven" (to find Christ and bring him down to help you). And it says, "You don't need to go to the place of the dead" (to bring Christ back to life again). Salvation that comes from trusting Christ--which is the message we preach--is already within easy reach. In fact, the Scriptures say, "The message is close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart."
[Romans 10:5-15. NLT]

and I hope it stays there forever.
He keeps me alive.