"Thus he must wait/ for the Day of Judgment, smeared with his sins,/ to learn his doom from the God of Glory."
this quote from beowulf describes the fate of the nastiest, vilest, most wretched beast to ever have stalked the earth under the veil of midnight sky. grendel. the slaughterer of danes and marauder of the dark. it also describes my fate surprisingly well though. when judgment day comes, im right there with grendel, covered in my sin and awaiting the judgment of the supreme ruler.
"Now has a warrior/ performed that deed through the power of the Lord,/ which until this time none of us could contrive/ how to do it ourselves."
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” - Ephesians 2: 8-9
this verse was the discussion at mondays bible study and is still on my mind. i have no control over my own fate, not matter what i do or how good i am. and just like beowulf, i am powerless in and of myself, but have infinite power through he who strengthens me.
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Josh, I fell upon your blogs quite by accident and have enjoyed reading them immensely. I really feel compelled to comment quite often, and finally I will. Your last comments struck me because they almost sound defeatist, except that you are so willing to turn to Him for strenth, which is the way. So understand that in Him you receive the strength to make those decisions controlling the direction of your fate. Free will through God gives your power of decisions so that while your fate is ultimately decided, the path you take toward that journey is in your hands and through God it can be a great one! I think it will be! : )
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