i must confess a few things - and yes, i'm still alive

It has been forever since I have written on here. I had intentions of writing at least once a week...we see how well that's worked out for me! So, I am sorry that I have not written in a while (this apology is mostly to myself, because I enjoy writing).

I also wanted to share something that should not come as a shock to anyone - I am a dreadful sinner! I have been learning so much in the past few weeks about just how deep my sin is rooted into me. It is such a sobering lesson for me to learn. I need it...often. In learning about the depths of my wickedness, it has given me so much joy in knowing that Christ is my Savior and King! It is so sweet to know that I, not being able to please God on my own, am pleasing to God in Christ! This has been such an encouraging and sobering lesson for me to be learning here lately. I despise my sin more and more, but the more that I seem to learn, the less that I feel that I deplore sin enough in my life. I don't think that I can fully comprehend how heinous my sin is in God's eyes. He is HOLY...this is huge.  At church this past week the sermon came out of 2 Samuel 24 - and I was thinking about how God allowed for 70,000 men to be slain as the result of one man's sin...and the Lord relented. My sin is utterly deplorable, I want to view it as such.

Be encouraged by this - "but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8. Let this truth allow you to rejoice in the greatness of our King, who is reigning and powerful over all of creation.

Being that it has been so long since I've really written anything, this is just a short update on things in my life. I hope to write again on some other things that have been on my mind, but time will not allow for that tonight.