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Failure and Forgiveness

February 8, 2023 by Dorcas MacKenzie 3 Comments

Failure and Forgiveness

Finding God in ordinary places Part 4

  • Part 1: Finding God in Ordinary Places
  • Part 2: Think of These Things
  • Part 3: Searching the Heart
  • Part 4: Failure and Forgiveness
  • Part 5: Hearing His Voice
  • More coming soon…

I always made home my first mission field. I read every Bible verse I could find on being a good wife and a good mother. I had high expectations of myself. I struggled for perfection. When I made even the smallest slip, I would condemn myself. I would be so disappointed.

Perfectionism and self condemnation had become a pattern in my life. A pattern that consumed my thoughts and sapped my energy, taking my mind away from God and focusing it on myself. Thankfully, at a time in my life when I was really putting myself down, God intervened. He spoke his love deep into my being. He reminded me of Psalm 103: 13b, 14: ‘The Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.’

The Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. – Psalm 103:13b-14

Genesis tells us God made man from the dust of the earth.

Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. – Genesis 2:7

God knows me. He knows I am dust. He knows my frailties. Jesus didn’t die for perfect people. There are none. He died for the imperfect ones. Romans 5:8 tells us that ‘God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were sinners Christ died for us.’

God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were sinners Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8

God taught me to let go of the condemnation. I am saved and justified by the blood Jesus shed on the cross. It is a gift I can accept. It is all through him and not anything I have done. It is not because I am worthy. I am not. It is because he loves me, warts and all.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. – Ephesians 2:8-9

I have learned to lean on Jesus and his love. I have learned to go easier on myself. I will not be perfect here on earth but I will walk in the shadow of Jesus or as close as I can get. When I fail, I will forgive myself, because God does.

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Filed Under: Forgiveness, Grace, Spiritual Growth, WCW Blog Tagged With: Ephesians 2:8-9, forgiveness, Genesis 2:7, perfectionism, Psalm 103:13b-14, romans 5:8, self condemnation

About Dorcas MacKenzie

Dorcas is retired and lives in HRM with her husband. She has three adult children who have blessed her with six awesome grandkids. She enjoys travel and experiencing new places, walking, reading and baking. Her biggest joy is knowing Jesus and she could not imagine life without him.

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