Humbly Reforming

This is the documentation of a journey.  By God’s sovereign grace, I’ve been given a chance to not only reform (in a behavioral sense), but really, to re-form (or form again) my heart, soul, and mind.  The fact that I’m even able to be typing this right now is an amazing proof of the grace of the Almighty, for if were not for Him, I would most certainly be lost and without hope of direction or salvation.  But instead, God in His infinite grace quite literally reached down into my life, and forcibly drew me away from certain ruin.  Now, the real journey begins. 

Why write about it?  For me, it was really a no-brainer.  I love writing.  I love that it forces me to be brutally honest with myself, and to really confront and address issues and ideas within my mind.  Writing helps me cultivate humility (a daunting task, to be sure) by honestly addressing the goings on in my heart and mind.  Writing gives definite shape and form to what would usually be just fleeting thoughts and notions.  It allows the abstract to become concrete.  It focuses a rambling mind. 

But maybe most importantly, it documents a journey.  I never want to forget what God has done for me.  I never want to forget just how far away and lost I was.  I never want to neglect to acknowledge that if were not for His sovereign grace, I would most certainly be lost (in all senses of the word), alone, and miserably unregenerate.  But now I am His.  I am bought.  I am not merely a servant, but rather, a willing slave to the Almighty. 

~ by Matt on October 15, 2007.