"16 But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life."
(This is from 1 Timothy 1:16, NLT) (The verse sent out via text messaging was from the NIV of the Bible.)
**TO ALL YOU TEXTERS: Allow me to apologize for cutting that verse short. Unfortunately- our text messaging system only allows 133 characters...therefore only so much can go out at a time. Hopefully you are all 'text savvy' enough to understand what it says!
Okay. Back to 1st Timothy.
I find this verse encouraging, because it's all about God using our suffering, mistakes, weaknesses, and flaws to bring Him glory. That's what God did with Paul---He took the "worst of sinners", and used him to show other's His love, patience, strength, faithfulness, grace, and just all around goodness! But God didn't stop with Paul.....He saved you and I for that very reason as well! God wants to use our lives to tell other's about His love, His grace, and His life changing power.
When is the last time you did this?
Has God used your life as an example for others?
Can God use your life as an example of His greatness for others? (& since the answer is yes), then how?
Have a marvelous Monday!
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