I am REDEEMED.

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R E D E E M E D.
for my birthday, I finally got the tattoo I’ve wanted for nearly two years. rather than writing an extremely long book explaining everything that this word means to me, I’ll just leave a few words + scripture here. 

I deserve life in bondage to sin, guilt, + shame. 
I deserve an eternity away from my Creator. 
I deserve to be forsaken + left behind. 
I deserve hell.

But because of the goodness of my Savior + the relationship He made a way for when He went to Calvary, 
I can live forgiven from sin.
I am freed from guilt + shame. 
I’ve been granted overwhelming grace so that I might one day stand before His throne, worshipping Him for all of eternity.

I am pursued by Him, despite my sinful nature.
I have been called daughter of the Most High King.
I am His own.
I am redeemed.

For the rest of my days, I have this reminder engraved in my heart and, now, written on my arm.

I am unashamed, and eager to share the redemptive story of my Jesus saving this wretched, unworthy soul from what I deserve. 

“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from trouble.” Psalm 107:2

“My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to You; my soul also, which You have redeemed.” Psalm 71:23

“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.” Job 19:25

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