Don’t waste His wounds.

Each morning I receive an email from Kenboa.org from which I take the photo verse for my digital journal.  My journal is on my iPad with an app called Goodnotes.  (❤️ digital journaling!). The daily email is mostly a series of Bible verses:  jump off places for my morning conversation with God.  Chewing points.  Today the photo verse is  
  What hit me is that my peace and my healing were paid for with a high, painful price...Jesus’ punishment.  Am I wasting them, falling back into worry and stress because I forget about my healing Savior?  What a waste of His sacrifice.  I remember hearing that elephants that have been chained to a pole for years, going in circles, continue to go in circles even after their chains are cut off. That’s a powerful image.  I need to stop behaving as if I’m still chained to sinful thoughts and behavior. I’m free! He has cut my chains. 

Lord, help me to rely on that truth moment by moment and not waste your beautiful gift.  🎁❤️🙏🏻