such confidence we have through Christ toward God.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again?

Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Such confidence we have through Christ toward God.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:1-6

As I was flipping through my Bible this morning, I was headed to Ephesians to continue my study on the armor of God. I have spent the last few weeks really praying about what God wants me to focus on in His word and I finally found this great study that I have been so excited about. As I was turning there, I stumbled upon a page in my Bible that was FULL of my writing. Now understand, when I read and study, I make my mark! (ha!) I always can understand and remember things better when I underline main points, make little side notes, etc. But this page- definitely out does the rest! I think there is more "pen from Paige" writing than the actual text. :) So as I saw all this pen ink, and high lighter ink, I decided to stop and see what I always seem to like to write on. It was 2 Corinthians 2 and 3. I have the words " BEAUTIFUL!" "AMEN!" "AMAZING!" written numerous times all over this page. So, keeping things on edge, I decided to hold off on my Ephesians study and read (what I could) this page that was so full of ink. :) "Such confidence we have through Christ toward God." wow. those words alone make me jump leaps and bounds in encouragement. I have confidence through Christ! It makes my heart hurt and cry for the people in this world that don't have that confidence, and don't even know how their lives could be radically changed for the sake of Christ. "Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God" Not only do I have confidence through Christ, but my adequacy is from God. College is a place that definitely tests your adequacy. so many times we will sit in front of our professor or in front of our text book and think " should I really be here? am I really good enough for this?" How comforting is it to know that our GPA or our social status does NOT reveal our adequacy. It is our faith and hope through Jesus Christ.

Well. This was my heart today. I have full confidence from Jesus Christ, the giver of life.