This I Know

           I am not worthy. You aren't either. As I was scrolling through a Bible journaling hashtag page on Instagram, a certain post stood out. It was a so called "Christan" Instagram account directed toward young women. I could barely believe what I was seeing. The post was supposed to be a post to I guess "encourage"women to have confidence in themselves. At the very end in bold print it proclaimed "YOU ARE WORTHY OF EVERYTHING." I tell you this not to point out this Instagram account's mistake, I tell you this so we can be remind that, well, we are not worthy and never will be. 1) Not one soul is worthy of God's grace.           In Romans 3:23 we are reminded that "all have sinned and fallen short in the glory of God." On the days we feel the most unworthy, know every single person you have come in contact is the same. As we know, no sin is greater than another. James 2:10 "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumble...

           This month I am doing a daily scripture writing challenge on the topic of beating anxiety. Yesterday the verse was Mark 11:24. I've read it before, but I guess I have never noticed the significance of it. I like how the NASB translates it. "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you."    You see, in this verse Jesus isn't saying prayer is a way to get anything your heart desires. Jesus is urging us to pray for everything, believe that Christ can do it, and place no doubt in our hearts. The verse before this says "I assure you: If anyone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him."      I love how this says "does not doubt in HIS HEART." I think it really shows that doubt is an issue that comes from deep inside. It ...