What Do You Boast In?

The following was written by my wife, Meghan, in our December prayer letter to our Young Life supporters.  I read it and was encouraged and thought you would be too.  I believe that she speaks to the explosiveness of the gospel, reminding us that Christ alone is our righteousness, hope, joy, sanctification, glory!!!!!!

…..

Yesterday I was sitting in church and found myself vacillating between grief and rejoicing. This verse stood out: Galatians 6:14 “But far be it from me to boast in anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.” This is the beautiful truth of Christianity. My boast is in the finished work of Christ. My boast is not or should not be in my flesh or in anything that I do or don’t do. My grieving is in the reality of how often I move into the world looking for acceptance and praise from man; even though I have been crucified to the world, I keep going back to the darkness looking for purpose. My rejoicing is in the eternal truth, the freedom, and the promise that I have been adopted by God, and that he is deeply satisfied with me; my purpose, worth, and identity are all richly granted in Him.