Years ago, I found myself struggling with guilt and shame. I had listened to Satan far too long, telling me that I was too damaged. He said to me that God wouldn’t love me and that He would never use me again for His Kingdom. He also told me that the relationship that I once had with God would never be the same, and the best I could hope for was to be allowed to sit on the back pew of the church. I had prayed over and over for forgiveness and even prayed that God would remove the shame that seemed to haunt me. After praying, I always opened my eyes to the same old feelings. I felt trapped in a bottomless pit with no way of escape. I told no one about the deep wounds of my soul that I tried my best to bandage on my own. I did everything I could think of to stop the hemorrhaging. I read my Bible daily, and it seemed like I prayed always. I even started to believe the lie that God didn’t hear my prayers or that He was hearing them but wouldn’t answer them because He didn’t love me anymore. I also started believing that I had fallen too far from grace to ever have a one on one relationship with Him again.
Month: March 2016
I can’t seem to get over what takes place in Luke Chapter 7, verses 36-50. You know the story. It’s the one where the sinful woman washes Jesus’ feet with her tears and dries them with her hair. I can so relate to this woman for my sins also were many, and when Jesus rescued me, all I can do is shed tears of thankfulness at His feet and dry them with my praise. My heart becomes overwhelmed with His goodness towards me.
In rereading this passage this morning, the phrase “at His feet”stood out to me. So I researched some of the times where “at His feet” were mentioned in the Bible. Here’s what I found.