cursed is the one who cannot abide ...

i fell asleep last night feeling condemned for some choices i made yesterday, and then 7 hours later, awoke feeling the same weight of condemnation and judgement, heavily upon my soul and heart ... a false condemnation, b/c - & of course - the Lord graciously, oh so graciously beyond words and any thought process i can scrape together proclaims, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" - and i ask, has there ever been a greater proclamation ... Jesus is my hope and my light, my joy and my true Rock ... the enemy has nothing over Christ the Lord, risen and reigning Savior for all eternity!

Shane & Shane have a song - Embracing Accusation, which describes my life last night and this morning perfectly ... but JESUS SAVES!

The father of lies
Coming to steal 
Kill and destroy 
All my hopes of being good enough 
I hear him saying cursed are the ones 
Who can’t abide 
He’s right 
Alleluia he’s right! 

The devil is preaching 
The song of the redeemed 
That I am cursed and gone astray 
I cannot gain salvation 
Embracing accusation 

Could the father of lies 
Be telling the truth 
Of God to me tonight? 
If the penalty of sin is death 
Then death is mine 
I hear him saying cursed are the ones 
Who can’t abide 
He’s right 
Alleluia he’s right! 

Oh the devil’s singing over me 
An age old song 
That I am cursed and gone astray 
Singing the first verse so conveniently 
He’s forgotten the refrain 
Jesus saves!