Nathan Houtsma

West Palm Beach, Florida Area United States

Culinary Instructor at Palm Beach County School District

Education

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. Isaiah 43:18-19, 25 This is my story. I used to be someone that walked outside of grace. I was legalistic, hardline, unkind, and full of prejudice toward a great many things. I believed in a life of performance, doing all I could to serve God, please God, and earn his love and forgiveness. I was totally wrong. God’s grace finally found me and when I finally allowed him to plead his case with me (much like God is doing with Israel in Isaiah 43), I listened. I believed him, and I changed my mind (metanoia – ...