Category Archives: Sins

ADHD, Disappointment, Forgiveness, Mercy, Sins

Looking Back

A few weeks ago, I was looking for some old homeschooling documentation that I needed for one of my kids. As I was sifting through the boxes, I found reminder after reminder of the mistakes, sins, and missteps I had made throughout my life.

I got depressed and angry about them because I’m still living with the consequences of many of them. I’d love to say they were all a result of undiagnosed ADHD, but that would be a lie. What’s important to remember is that God has forgiven me for them all. He has separated them from me as far “as the east is from the west.” So I need to stop looking back at my sins and mistakes because they are covered by the grace of God.

What about you? Are you still looking back? It’s time to stop. Jesus died so that God could forgive you. If you’ve asked for forgiveness, rest assured that He gave it to you.

Psalms 103:12 NLT

He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

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Habits, Sins

Killing your zombies

I love zombie games. Unfortunately, I enjoyed them so much, they were keeping me from doing important things, such as writing this blog. After hours of wasted time and cramped thumbs, I decided to delete them from my iPad. For me, zombie games started consuming my life goals and ambitions like a zombie consumes human lives in the movies. I had to get rid of them. What about you? Are there activities, habits, or sins that are keeping you from your dreams? It could be that there is morally nothing wrong with that activity, except for the fact it’s eating your life away one bite at a time.
We sometimes need to take drastic actions to stop doing the things that keep us from living our best. This is especially true for ADHDers. So if God is dealing with you about an activity, try to see it as He does: as a nasty, disgusting corpse gnawing your hand off.
Matthew 5:30a NLT
And if your hand—even your stronger hand —causes you to sin,
cut it off and throw it away.
P.S. Jesus was using hyperbole to prove a point. I don’t think He was advocating self-dismemberment.

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