Fear not for I bring you tidings of great joy
Part 4
Father, I am afraid.
Afraid that I am too weak to overcome my weaknesses. That my good intentions will always end in failure. That in the end I will always be dragged down by my sins and my failures.
I know that this is your particular fear. Hold on to my promise that, “My grace is made perfect in weakness”. It would be better if you were stronger, but, as you are not, you must rejoice in the way my grace works: the weaker you are the clearer it is that the good things that you do have flowed from me. And remember, it is me who passes judgement: I will decide if you are a failure or not. And you have said yourself many times that we must pay more attention to God’s grace than to human sin, and in that you spoke the truth, and did me a service. I know the service that you have done for me, and one day I will lay it out clearly for you. Do not be afraid: hope, faith and love surround and uphold you. You will not slip from my grasp at the end.
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