Even though...

Bible Reading 9/16: Daniel 7-9

Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

Every single day, I mess up. I have trouble keeping my cool during the craziness of each day. My children mean everything to me (God first though!) and I know they are watching everything I do. I need Jesus every moment of the day. I need His grace as a Mom, but I also need His conviction to go to my children to apologize when I have trouble holding it together. I need His love to hold me as I hold my children. And as this Scripture states, I need His mercies and forgivenesses too...notice those words are multiple, not just once! For me, that's not just multiple times a week, but in a day! Though we have rebelled against Him, He is willing to give those things to us. Even though we don't deserve Him, He comes to us with open arms. It's that "even though" that we so easily forget about. Even though we fail, He is able to pick us back up & help us keep going. He holds the tools we need to improve in our weak areas...it's not up to us to "get it together" before we come to Jesus. We need to give it to Jesus to put the pieces back together again. Even though we mess up, we don't have to be defeated! We shouldn't refuse to change because God will forgive us; however, we should give be thankful for God's mercy, forgiveness & grace along the way to where we want to be. God bless each one of us on our road of improvement!