Do Not Confuse Self-Examination and Paralyzing Self-Condemnation

While I’m happily ensconced in the wilds of Georgia, serving at a retreat (with no wifi or cell coverage), here’s a little “posted in advance old-y but hopefully good-y” blog post for ya’:

Is it REALLY Possible to CHANGE?!

Let me tempt you to read it with just two excerpts (both quotes from Lane & Tripp’s, “How People Change”):

“This life of self-examination and joyful discontent should not be confused with a life of paralyzing self-condemnation.”

“God does not call us to self-loathing, but to a willingness to examine our lives in light of our hope as new creatures in Christ. That hope is not only based on the promise of forgiveness, but on the promise of personal deliverance and restoration as well. The same grace that has forgiven me is now in the process of radically changing me.”

Amen & Amen!

And blessed Sunday to you all–

(If I make some tight connections on all three flights tonight, I might be home around midnight. 2AM for my currently-adjusted-to-east-coast time bod, but still! Home is home. Here’s hopin’.)

Yours,
Tara B.