“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.” Galatians 2:19

Like Elvis, I was ‘caught in a trap!’ The fancy term is ‘agathokakological!’ And I was living it to the maximum! The word simply means “consisting of both good and evil.” And while I could easily have made the excuse that “Everybody does it,” the truth of the matter is that God doesn’t care what everybody else does. He cares about ME and what ‘I’ do! I was blowing it.

My intention was good. At least it started off that way. Something that I did as a good gesture of faith actually started to turn out to be much more than I had bargained for. It was supposed to be simple. But ‘IT’ turned complicated and costly. The joy I had at the first quickly dispersed into something completely the opposite! God was showing me something!

Starting off the cleaning of the pool area to make my bride happy, turned into a much bigger job than initially thought. Soon I realized that the work I had figured on putting in at the start… tripled. I wasn’t happy about it! I’d been confident and joyful at the beginning. But soon, in light of the real amount of work, I got grumpy and could FEEL the change!

It’s easy to label myself a loser or bad guy based upon how I feel. The standard of excellence can easily reveal the fact that I am NOT perfect. But this verse today gives me a new vision. God does NOT see me as a bad guy with potential. He sees me as PERFECT… ALL THE TIME! The OLD imperfect me died when I became HIS. Now all I need to do is remember that!

Don’t be two faced