Life Verses : Galatians 6:14

    One of the verses that has been monumental in my life is Galatians 6:14. 

"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." 

    I remember very clearly the quiz practice where this verse went from my head to my heart. I was still quizzing with Sturgeon Alliance Church so I would have been about 16 years old. I had worked hard on my memorizing that week but for some reason my hard work was not coming across at quiz practice and I was struggling to reach my goal of "take every question at practice so that everyone knows I'm the best quizzer here". I had been getting question after question wrong and was starting to get emotional when my coach pulled me aside and asked me to quote Galatians 6:14. May I never boast. I had been boasting. I had been trying to prove to everyone that I was a good quizzer in my own strength. I receiving my worth and sense of self from who everyone thought I was or how perfect I appeared to be instead of being crucified with Christ each and every day. I sat there for a long time thinking about the words in this verse. I needed to surrender to Christ.

    Over the years this verse has become very dear to my heart; not because it is easy for me, but because it is a daily reminder for me to crucify my sinful, earthly nature so that I can become more like Christ. I don't want people to look at me and see Breanna; I want them to look at me and see Christ in me - the hope of glory. I am a selfish, prideful, imperfect person but thankfully my boast does not belong to any of these things. Instead it belongs to a good God and the saving work that He has done in me.