All Shook Up!

And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.

Romans 7:18-19 

If your life was laid open for all to see, what would be seen?  Would people find out that you have been pretending to be something you're not?  Would they see that you aren't as perfect as you seem?

I have taken time recently to look back on my life (now that I am older), and to be honest, I am truly surprised that God has allowed me to survive.  My life has been one mess after another.  Honestly, I have failed at life!  I won't hide that fact from you.  My life's soundtrack would be Jerry Lee Lewis' "All Shook Up!"

But here's the kicker...regardless of how badly I have messed my life up; no matter what mistakes I have made; regardless of how rotten and putrid my life...God is still loving me and sent Jesus to die on my behalf.  I want to do good, but I fail over and over....but God!

One of the things I have learned over the course of my life is that God is amazing.  You see, if I was able to do what I knew to be right every single time, then I would get the "Big Head" and begin to believe I did it all on my own.  God has a way of reminding me that He is the one in charge, not me.