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The Reformation has never ended. It is just beginning.
Here’s something even more foundational: God wrote your life before you were born.
Every moment, every success, and yes, every failure was scripted by Him. That means your sins, as much as they grieve you, were written into the story by the same God Who delights in you.
If that makes you uncomfortable, consider this: if God is sovereign, He’s sovereign over everything – including your sin. Your failures are not surprises to Him. They’re not curveballs disrupting His plan.
They’re part of the plan.
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God Wrote the Script
In fact, your failures are His failures in the sense that He caused them and placed them in the story for His purposes.
Why? To keep you humble, to remind you of your need for Him, and to demonstrate His incredible grace.
When we fail, it’s an opportunity for His love to shine even brighter.
The beauty of this truth is that it removes the crushing burden of guilt and shame. You’re not a broken cog in the machine. You’re a beloved child, living out the life that God carefully crafted for you.
And because He’s the Author, you can rest in the assurance that nothing – not even your worst mistakes – can derail His plan.
