2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21; Psalm 30; 1 Thessalonians 2

There is a weakness / softness that frightens me this morning. I am not sure how much to trust it?

The whole of Thessalonians this morning alternately convicting and inspiring. That as followers of Christ there is a way to 'behave', there is a way to live that would be attractive to those who don't know who You are. That that way of living is possible, that we are going to screw up but IF our hope is IN CHRIST it is possible. 1 Thess. 2: 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory......encouraging, comforting and yet urging each other to live lives worthy of God...not to make people think better of us but because 4 On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.....because in a life examined there is conviction, there is guilt, there is hopelessness and yet in Christ there is forgiveness and HOPE....I don't know much of anything anymore but that which I DO KNOW keeps me following, keeps me seeking, keeps me here....in Your word, hoping that we will become.... As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, 7 but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. 8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.