...teach us to number our days...

...thoughts along the way from Psalm 90...

...of the goal of God's grace...

Appreciation for God’s amazing grace in salvation will never terminate in simple gratitude alone, nor lead to either idleness or complacency.

 

...of delight in holiness & disgust with sin...

I can neither affirm nor aspire to the beauty of Christ’s holiness without also rejecting…being disgusted by…the heinousness of my own sin…

 

We can work it out...

We can work it out...
But, only because the Lord has begun it...He continues to work in us...and He has promised to bring it to completion...

...love covers all offenses...

To overlook an offense I have suffered is to give expression to the Christ-like love I have been graciously blessed to experience.

 

Withholding Forgiveness is both Dangerous and Sinful...

It is both dangerous, and sinful, to ever consider withholding forgiveness because I am skeptical about the prospects for reconciliation.

Confusing God's Sanctifying Grace with Innate Personal Holiness

We live with a constant danger of getting used to…becoming accustomed to…even taking for granted…the presence of God's sanctifying grace, and so, potentially, confusing the effects of His grace with some innate personal holiness.

As a result, I might find myself surprised by my own sin...

...powerlessness...in times of impending peril...

Our Lord's prescription for powerless people in times of impending peril is a God-ward focus in prayer and praise...

"Unbelief" is not a sin that is unique to the "Unbeliever"...