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Saved by the blood of Jesus Christ Yeshuaโฃ๏ธ
๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง
If youโve never done or said anything stupid, thereโs nothing to see here. But for the rest of us, I share this oddly comforting quote:
โ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.โ
Itโs not a Bible verse. And I really donโt know who said it. But I have to admitโฆ with what scripture says about Godโs sovereignty, and what He says about us as ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑโฆ the quote rings true.
๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐. โStupidityโ can be defined here as anything weโve done that reflects ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโฆ That relationship I got into. That job I shouldnโt have taken. That move. That purchase. That direction. A missed opportunity. Because of poor judgments, some believers go through life wondering if they missed Godโs will for their life. Theyโre stuck with His plan B (or E or Gโฆor ZZZ). But the truth is, our Savior is so much greater than our stupidity.
๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช๐ฆ. Psalm 139 clearly teaches us that He knows each of us individually and intimately. That has to include all the stupid things weโve said and done, and even future stupidity. Heโs acquainted with ALL our ways. Though we cannot fathom this next truth, itโs nonetheless true:
the Lord has recorded all the days of our lives before any of them ever happened. (vs 16) 
And yet, He called us to Himself and is continually at work within us to give us the desire and will to please Him. (Psalm 139:1-4; Philippians 2:13; John 1:16) #GraceUponGrace
๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐. A popular secular saying today is, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ.โ That may be true. But the ways of God ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ข๐ stupid. We may delay His plan for our lives by our blunders, but we simply cannot ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ foil it. (We are not that powerful.) Like a GPS that continually re-directs a wrong turn, or a potter who squeezes and reshapes his clay to make adjustments and correct imperfections โฆ God, as Sovereign, always has the upper hand. He uses ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ in our lives to serve His good purpose: to conform us to Christ and bring praise to His glorious grace. (Ephesians 1:6; Romans 8:28; Jeremiah 18:4)
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐. Knowing this truth is of course not meant to give us an excuse to live carelessly (after all, we will live with the consequences). This understanding however encourages us ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. And that is no small thing. Itโs a huge boost towards living more wisely and carefully (โwalk circumspectlyโ, Eph 5:15-17) without fearing our own stupidity along the way.
If Godโs love depended on us getting everything right, weโd all be in trouble. So do not lose heart. He has factored in our stupidity. You are fully seen, fully known, and fully loved in Christ.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ตโฆ โ (Philippians 1:6) 
~ Ruth Brentner
If youโve never done or said anything stupid, thereโs nothing to see here. But for the rest of us, I share this oddly comforting quote:
โ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.โ
Itโs not a Bible verse. And I really donโt know who said it. But I have to admitโฆ with what scripture says about Godโs sovereignty, and what He says about us as ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑโฆ the quote rings true.
๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐. โStupidityโ can be defined here as anything weโve done that reflects ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโฆ That relationship I got into. That job I shouldnโt have taken. That move. That purchase. That direction. A missed opportunity. Because of poor judgments, some believers go through life wondering if they missed Godโs will for their life. Theyโre stuck with His plan B (or E or Gโฆor ZZZ). But the truth is, our Savior is so much greater than our stupidity.
๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช๐ฆ. Psalm 139 clearly teaches us that He knows each of us individually and intimately. That has to include all the stupid things weโve said and done, and even future stupidity. Heโs acquainted with ALL our ways. Though we cannot fathom this next truth, itโs nonetheless true:
the Lord has recorded all the days of our lives before any of them ever happened. (vs 16) And yet, He called us to Himself and is continually at work within us to give us the desire and will to please Him. (Psalm 139:1-4; Philippians 2:13; John 1:16) #GraceUponGrace ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐. A popular secular saying today is, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ.โ That may be true. But the ways of God ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ข๐ stupid. We may delay His plan for our lives by our blunders, but we simply cannot ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ foil it. (We are not that powerful.) Like a GPS that continually re-directs a wrong turn, or a potter who squeezes and reshapes his clay to make adjustments and correct imperfections โฆ God, as Sovereign, always has the upper hand. He uses ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ in our lives to serve His good purpose: to conform us to Christ and bring praise to His glorious grace. (Ephesians 1:6; Romans 8:28; Jeremiah 18:4)
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฃ๐๐. Knowing this truth is of course not meant to give us an excuse to live carelessly (after all, we will live with the consequences). This understanding however encourages us ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. And that is no small thing. Itโs a huge boost towards living more wisely and carefully (โwalk circumspectlyโ, Eph 5:15-17) without fearing our own stupidity along the way.
If Godโs love depended on us getting everything right, weโd all be in trouble. So do not lose heart. He has factored in our stupidity. You are fully seen, fully known, and fully loved in Christ.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ตโฆ โ (Philippians 1:6) ~ Ruth Brentner
Thankfully nothing bad happened.
