I had a friend once who stated that as long as he didn’t do anything that he interpreted would go against the Ten Commandments then he thought he was “in the clear” living his life OK. I’m not opening this writing about what’s OK or not OK in living and sinning, but my musings are in how it is INTERESTING of how we justify (or don’t) things we do (or don’t). We are full of opinions on what people do or don’t, aren’t we, but when it comes to ourselves, do we evaluate ourselves? Well, sure. I do hope we mostly delve into the deepest connections we have to God. 

I pray we are to muse and think about our relationship to God and His people, and how HE views us as His children. How much He loves us and wants us to know Him. Yet often we use circumstances and scriptures for interpretation of how WE are viewed by others (or not), and we sometimes use scriptures to excuse our actions too. Scriptural musings to muse over the use, misuse, excuse and obtuse parts of life. 

Scriptures, like the Ten Commandments, are so important, and so is the view of how we all uphold and how we all fall short of perfection. Did God know this about humans? That seems an obvious question to us in our individual lives, like: “does God still love me?” We question and question. “Does God know our failings? Does God care?” We hopefully answer and answer the questions and questions with all the GOD IS LOVE Scriptures. God loves us. We then hopefully try to live our best and humble ourselves for Jesus does cover the rest. God knew we would need saving. We therefore best believe in Jesus and ask forgiveness for all we are and aren’t. Then live believing this truth of our lives being saved. Live saved. Live with humility and humbleness and thankfulness and giving grace to others as given to us.

And Jesus? Jesus reiterates these heart-healing, mind-soothing, soul-securing words in His Word: “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.” John 10:28-30 NKJV

I want to close this thought about how we use scripture in that we are to read and know and find ourselves in the Bible lessons, and evaluate the love poured our for us. Some may be of opinions of us, but God? God only has Love! If He judges anything about us, He judges that He wants to pour out love to us…

Catchable unsnatchable LOVED.

Amen