55 - Imitators of God

Rom 5:8

But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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On this bright new day, we rise to our renewed position with God through Christ. We clothe ourselves in the true righteousness and holiness of our God, embracing our recreated, renewed, and transformed nature. With the shield of faith in our new identity, we extinguish all the flaming arrows of judgment and condemnation. We extend kindness and gentleness to ourselves, as He has shown to us. As we venture into the world, we share the same free gift of God's love that we have received, offering everyone, regardless of how they feel about themselves, the opportunity to take hold of the same position before God that we hold. We demonstrate the mercy and kindness we have been shown, with the same patience and long-suffering. We give from the heart because we have been given to from the heart. Our new state of consciousness is one of being—a continuous acknowledgment of God's kindness to us, us to ourselves, and us to others.