Dad's Advice

I talked to my dad on the phone today and it's always nice to talk to him. Sometimes, when I call home, I feel like some people don't want to talk to me and I get shorted. But my dad is always willing to talk to me. I appreciate that about him. He reminds me of my Heavenly Father and how even though I mess up all the time and in my sinful and selfishness I don't want to spend time with him, He is still eager for me to come to him and talk with him even about the petty things in my life. He knows what is going on in my life, but he still desires communion with me. It's crazy to think about such love, forgiveness, and mercy. I think of that song "Here I am to Worship" and there's a line in there that says, "I'll never know how much it shows to see my sin upon that cross." I don't think we will ever know how much our sin cost, but am grateful for it!

So anyway, my dad encouraged me (he's always willing and eager to encourage me in the Word. I hope the man I marry will do the same for me too) to read Hebrews 12 and Psalms 103. 

Here's what I needed to here today:

Psalm 103: 8-11

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 

Hebrews 12: 3-4

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 

So I want to encourage you, just as my dad did, to read these two passages. There were alot more verses that were especially helpful to read, but I'll let you do that on your own. 

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