He is the Righteous Judge...

This is a bit late...my journal entry from Dec. 21

¨Mankind will say, 'Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.¨ Psalm 58:11

Occasionally it's difficult to see that me doing good or being good will pay off. That it has some kind of reward...yet I remember hope is really mine for the taking.

The ¨wicked¨have something to fear. The ¨sinful¨and the ¨wrongdoer¨. Which can sound quite awful at times, especially considering there is no human being, no- not even one, who is walking this earth who has not rightly held one of those titles: ¨wicked¨, ¨sinful¨, ¨wrongdoer¨ (Romans 3:23). Everyone has done moral wrong. However, even though the judgement, ¨it seems quite aweful at times¨ there is a hope that out shines any ¨awfulness¨. Any wrong (sin) we've commited or have been victim to: We can wallow, sulk, or even repeat (thus becoming a prisoner chained to the sin and it's gloomy guilt). OR --> we can seek and transform it to something to learn from, to actively turn away from (not to repeat). We can invite the greatest HOPE, being Jesus Christ, which in turn offers freedom from the sin and guilt, and you will no longer have to fear the judgement as a ¨wicked¨, ¨sinful¨, or ¨wrongdoer¨. Because God offers forgiveness for you to take, through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:20
¨Now the law came in to increase the trespass...¨
(tammy's thoughts: there is right and wrong, and bad consequences for breaking that code by wrong-doing.)
¨...but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.¨
(tammy's thoughts: The hope!! --> through Christ if only we ask)

Can you believe it where our mistakes increase , God's grace abounds all the more! What an exciting relief we have the opportunity of.