Already Forgiven

So, it seems to me like Sundays tend to be the day I do my best thinking since it's usually accompanied with a great message at my church and some nice weather...too bad it's over 100 outside!

But today was great! I got to eat breakfast with Luther and had a good deep conversation with him before everyone got to IHOP. I've always thought Luther to be silly but he does have a lot of insight and knows what to say in situations when you need advice. That's what I appreciate out of him, and he knows it. I can have a good laugh with him and the next second he can give me advice that can help me figure things all out

Also, I was awed by the message today. It was all about grace and how God has already forgiven us which blows my mind. If God had not already forgiven us and we tried on our own...well, we'd be screwed! So, two straight weeks of great messages is really good for me since I've been needing good messages in my life. It seems that things have really picked up for me in the last week with being more "energized" and more "positive". I sometimes think that it may be my change in friends but I really think it's me diving more into scripture and praying for my day. I spend most of my thinking time...believe it or not...in the shower. It's odd for some but for me it's my safe haven to sit there and just pray. That or I just sit there on my bed with all the lights off in total silence and darkness and just relax and let everything be still

But back to the message! Bill Powis preached and again it was great! It kinda rambled a bit but it all made sense in reality. For a while I struggled with an assortment of demons and I was wrapped up in them and not wanting to go to God for fear that He would not take me back because I had strayed. But, in Titus (and the whole Bible!) it talks about how we are already forgiven by God and that we should go to Him and we are saved from our evil demons and can be free in him. I'm thinking that God wins out on this one folks

Verses of the day:

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36