dang.

does this happen to you? you hear something. and...you agree w/ it. it makes sense. you would go and tell someone else the same thing. but....only a few year laters does it really hit the deep place in your heart?

i am a wicked sinner...in need of a savior.

i believe this. i have believed this for a long time. but, honestly...i need to remind myself of the utter truthfulness of this statement daily. i can begin to think i know my stuff. that i have something to offer. that i can keep myself from sinning. but when it comes down to it...i can't! when left on my own i am prone to wickedness. what is keeping me from sinning? what keeps me from indulging in things my flesh desires? many things like my fear of man. how often is it my fear of God which keeps me from indulging in my flesh?

i am a desparate sinner in need of a savior. i need to be saved from myself!

how differently we view wickedness in the world when we see that we are only capable of good things because of God and his goodness. because when left on our own we strive for only ourselves.

Redeem us.