I am starting to get what has been described by another PGCE student as the "Sunday night fear". I think of all the things in this year, this has been the hardest - very rarely do things seem to stop for a while or even slow down. This is most noticeable over the weekends, you get a brief "Friday feeling", this slowly descends on Saturday as you realise how much planning you have to do and leaves you on Sunday evening feeling completely unprepared to face the week. Gah...
I feel that I'm getting a little too negative at times, and I'm finding it hard to turn the tide at some points, but it's worth reflecting on good things as well. This morning at church we continued our series in Romans, looking this morning at the second half of Romans 7. As we've been going through this series, it becomes easier to see why Luther found his study in this book to be so revolutionary to his thinking. Grace is truly amazing. To read such a passage that chimes so strongly with our own experience, pointing to the evidence in our own lives the powerlessness of the law to deal with our sinfulness has again brought me back to realising how great a gift the cross and resurrection is. What a great thing to remember when feeling on a low ebbe - we are without power to help ourselves, but Christ has rescued us and brought us to eternal life. Good news indeed. I may be experiencing "the fear", but it's good to remember that all my needs are met in Christ, and I pray that will spur me on anew to enter the coming week keen to bring glory to the One who has brought me life.
I feel that I'm getting a little too negative at times, and I'm finding it hard to turn the tide at some points, but it's worth reflecting on good things as well. This morning at church we continued our series in Romans, looking this morning at the second half of Romans 7. As we've been going through this series, it becomes easier to see why Luther found his study in this book to be so revolutionary to his thinking. Grace is truly amazing. To read such a passage that chimes so strongly with our own experience, pointing to the evidence in our own lives the powerlessness of the law to deal with our sinfulness has again brought me back to realising how great a gift the cross and resurrection is. What a great thing to remember when feeling on a low ebbe - we are without power to help ourselves, but Christ has rescued us and brought us to eternal life. Good news indeed. I may be experiencing "the fear", but it's good to remember that all my needs are met in Christ, and I pray that will spur me on anew to enter the coming week keen to bring glory to the One who has brought me life.
"Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!"Romans 7:24-25a
Amen.
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