Abuse of the Cross

A few weeks back I went to an MCO(Medical Campus Outreach) conference.  The topic was engaging brokenness.  Something the speaker was telling us has recently recurred to me.  He said that the only way to abuse the cross of Christ is by not coming to it and by not bringing your dirt and filth and worries and problems and pains.  The only way to abuse the Cross is not to use it and not to believe that it is capable of fixing your mess.  I all too often think, "I screwed up and now I have to fix it."  This is not the Gospel.  But functionally it's how a lot of Christians live their lives, they say "Ok now I'm a Christian, I'm on my own."  I believe it is all too easy to get bogged down in the sin of this world and find yourself battling with self and saying "I should know better!"  But the truth of the matter is, we still sin, we still need Jesus.  Why this is SO hard for me to grasp, I don't know...but I do know that when God looks at me, He sees perfection, and that is my motivation to continue forward...that is how I've looked to God ever since the day I became a Christian.  Now my sin does in fact create that separation between myself and God again, but I need to repent and trust again, and MOVE FORWARD! Not get bogged down in my past sins.  Here are two songs that have been very integral in me moving past my failures.

This is "How He loves us" and the line in particular that I cling to is:  "I don't have time to maintain these regrets when i think about how He loves us."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgeUrD4MHI

This is "Hindsight" by John Reuben and the more I listen to it the more I hear what my heart feels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKaHaUGNhQ0


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