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May 01, 2005
Letters to Kay
It has been quite some time since I've posted and I'm sorry for that. I received an email from my good friend Kay today, and among other things she said I beat myself up at times unnecessarily. Below is my reply to her. I would love feedback on your struggle with the topic.
1 Cort 9:24-27 is where I find myself. You may be right that I beat myself up unnecessarily. I, for sure, am too lenient on myself at times. Maybe I go overboard in the other direction to make up.. I'm not sure it is possible to get it right all the time. God has given us amazing grace and liberty. I find I take advantage in a presumptuous way at times. I don't like that. I know He is mindful that we are but dust, but I don't want to be a user or proponent of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called cheap grace.
It cost Him, His Son, it wasn't cheap. That said, He calls us to a life of joy that I fear too few of us enjoy, and a life of obedience too few of us walk. Maybe it is in the struggle to find balance that we find Him. I hope so.
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