Depravity

 We all have a common wound. It's not a wound inflicted by anything in our environment. It's a wound we are born with. We are born depraved. We are born selfish, prideful human beings. This depravity wound is a sickness that effects all areas of our lives. "The heart is more deceitful than all else and desperately sick. Who can understand it?" 

Depravity doesn't mean we are as bad as we can be, it means we are as bad off as we can be. The only solution to this wound is through God. I can testify through my own life that only God has the power to fix this problem. The first step to the solution was admitting I had a problem. I knew I had a problem because I knew what I was capable of doing. This sickness was with me throughout my life, but before I admitted the problem I did many things to try to alleviate it. I played the blame game by blaming others. I didn't take responsibility for things I had control over. This pattern doomed me to a mediocre life and I was never going to get anywhere. By getting anywhere I am not referring to things of this world. I am referring to things beyond my lifespan on this earth.

 I didn't need to be altered a little. I needed to be regenerated- completely changed. We all need a supernatural rebirth that only God can provide. Christ was born for you, given to us- a very humbling thought.

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