Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me- watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and learn how to live freely and lightly.
I love the phrase "unforced rhythms of grace", and I think a lot of people are really scared of making mistakes, we're scared that if we screw up, if we don't do X, Y, and Z that God's grace won't cover us. We punish ourselves and think that's how it's supposed to be. When we ask for forgiveness from Jesus, it's gone. Totally and completely gone. And we hold on to it, asking God, but what about this, and that, and he replies with, what and when. Our sin is as far as the east is from the west. It is completely gone, and to keep on punishing ourselves is to say that Jesus' death on the cross means nothing. That his sacrifice isn't enough to cover us, but it is. There is more than enough.
Many people view christianity as a list of do's and don'ts. I look at it as a dance. The steps are confusing at first, and you step on your partners feet a few times, you may be off beat sometimes, but eventually you begin to know the dance, and it becomes natural. I think that's how it's supposed to be.
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