This Can Never Perish, Spoil or Fade

Yo.

So, these last few days have sucked tbh*. Sin, temptation, and overall spiritual attack on my identity in Christ. It's been extremely depressing and it's just been lie after lie from the enemy. And the biggest problem is just that I am listening and was so disturbed about my place in Christ.

My discipler was also really concerned so we talked for a while today. And I wrote out a bunch of probably really depressing garbage about how I have no identity and have no worth.

Then at our P2C servant team meeting, which I normally lead, but didn't have time to prepare for, and so another guy led it, I had however typed like two things into the googledoc, one of which were the Bible verses we were going to look at, which had been kinda determined last week, but that I had spent like no time at all on preparing. XP But the other guy thought I had and so he turned it over to me.

We read Rom9:16-33 (kinda harsh read. Haha, but also great promises of God saving the Gentiles and remnant of Israel, which He definitely didn't have to, so, ya, God is merciful yo) and I had jot down another verse. I didn't remember what the other verse said and so went to it while the others were sharing their thoughts on Rom9 (I know, pay attention when people talk, eh?). It was exactly what I needed to hear.

1Pet1: 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (my emphases)

So much pure gold of scripture in there! And praise God for speaking to me through it or I'd still be in a wreck. Haha

Anyways, talk to you later.

D.Fa

*pretty sure I'm gonna start using 'tbh' in my regular text vocabulary. It stands for 'to be honest'.