Judgement vs. Mercy

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Sister Lavenia wrote:
[snip]
| in my life) and God told me to quit worrying about my sins, tobacco
included.
| All He wanted from my backslidden soul was my HEART.  I was dumbstruck!
| Surely my smoking was too terrible for Him to stand.  Once more He said,
"Give
| me your heart, I will do all the pruning that needs to be done.  Do not
worry
| about your addiction or what I will remove from you or what I will allow
you
| to keep.  Give me your heart, that's all I want."
[snip]

How Great is our God!  He loves us when and while we are/were yet sinners. 
He is so completely accepting of us in whatsoever state we are in that we
humanly cannot  comprehend it.  Sister Lavenia's words so eloquently speak
of that unconditional love.  Praise Him.

Something struck a chord with me recently. It concerns what God really
wants from us.  I saw it as two things: Availability and Accountability. 
Availability to God for His will, purpose and direction and accountability
to His trust, mercy, grace and justice.  Availability and accountability
also comprises the commandment to love thy neighbor.  We must be available
to extend the same mercy, love and grace to our neighbors and be
accountable for our dealings with them.

Kathy Dimick
Falkville, Alabama
kdimick@colsa.com
http://members.tripod.com/~coffeepleaz/index.html

"For to me to live is Christ"

| There was a time when my multiple sins actually kept me from praying.  I
had a
| severe tobacco addiction among other things.  Then one day I knelt (once
more