That’s what I am… depraved and helpless.
You may choose to argue it, but you won’t change my mind. Why? Because that’s what scripture tells me about myself. And the older I get, the more I believe it.
It’s a hard thing to accept about yourself. Of course we all want to think that we can change ourselves if given enough motivation, encouragement or self-help books. The truth is, we can’t. We’re helpless to change ourselves and we start out life totally depraved.
“But, you’re a good person” you may say. Umm… no, I’m not. If the voice in my head was on a loud-speaker, it wouldn’t be pretty. How about your ‘inner-voice’… has it said anything recently that made you even more glad no one can read your mind?
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