By Shelley
Forget homeschooling, I've been learning matters of the heart! Thankfully I have a ever-patient teacher who knows exactly what I need reminding of, and again and again applies the current events of this world to reveal the things of the heart. Having everyone at home – confined – is quite confronting isn't it?! Day by day I am forced to face my lacking, my inabilities; the house is untidy, kids aren't getting the schooling I want, jobs aren't getting done, boxes aren't being ticked. I can't quite hold this all together as I would like and hope. What happens when I don't get the admiration, acclamation, or sense of achievement from the things I do? The more I am confronted by my lack, the more frustrated and irritable I become – I am unworthy, I am condemned! But we have this hope, this truth: It is NOT what I do that makes me acceptable, it is what has been DONE FOR ME! And this truth, this revelation, is what continues to make Jesus' death and resurrection, the Easter we have just celebrated, relevant to today. God does not see me as I see myself; incapable and failing, but as saved, worthy of His love, acceptable in His sight. Here is love! What freedom from our burdens we can have when we set our eyes on this truth! The difficulties of the lockdown day may not change, but when we fix our eyes on what He has done, our strivings cease, our burdens are released.
Loving Teacher, when the weight of what I do gets too much, and it seems like I am failing, remind me of the significance of the cross; in it I find the love I am looking for. "Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are my God and my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long." Psalm 25:5 Amen.
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