THANKFUL

Chatting with Jesus
Friday, March 28, 2025

Lord, you are in the business of putting broken people back together. That’s your specialty. Your Word states that all who come to you in repentance will become a new creation. According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, your grace gives believers a new lease on life. I certainly can vouch that it is true.

Even after nearly eight decades on this earth, as my wife regularly states, I can be a stubborn ole boy. I don’t know why, but I cling to hurts, disappointments, and embarrassing failures. You encourage me to give them to you. The apostle Paul reminded his flawed Philippian believers not to give up. Hold fast— “let go and let God.” I take his message to believers personally:

“He [Jesus] who began a good work in you [me] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6 NIV).

Jesus, I love walking with you. You’re my number one bestie. I might succeed in hiding my flaws from those around me, but trying to conceal them proves futile since you know everything about me. You walked this earth and were tempted in every way, just as I am.
Only you, Lord, erase our sins from our record. Nonetheless, after all you have done for me, why can’t I defeat my desire to make myself the center of everything I do? Being “me-centered” is so anti “Christ-centered.”

As a work in progress, until I’m with you forever in Heaven, help me surrender every area of my life to your Holy Spirit so that I might live as you intended and encourage other broken people to seek You.

Amen, Jesus.