Try Again
You’re
probably a better person than me. You’ve
probably never stumbled, fallen, faltered, failed, sinned, broken a vow or any
one of a hundred other lapses.
But
just in case you have, I have some great news for both of us. God invites us to try again. How great is that?
Try AGAIN!
Look
at this.
I
John 1:9 tells us …
“If we confess
our sins,
He who is faithful and just
will forgive us our sins
and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.”
In
a shorter word, He says TRY AGAIN.
Romans
10:13 reminds us ...
“Everyone who calls upon
the name of the Lord
will be saved.”
It
appears to me that this invitation occurs after we’ve done whatever it is we
have done.
We
call and He answers with salvation, forgiveness and a chance to try again.
This
is an amazing glimpse of a loving God we see here, not the ogre God we’ve heard
about so many times before.
As
my favorite writer says, “God loves us [already] as we are, not as we should
be.” (Brennan Manning)
It
occurs to me that God knows our proclivities.
Remember the “All we like sheep have gone astray” verse? (Isaiah 53:6) The
end of this verse is the critical piece: “… and the Lord has laid on Him (Jesus
Christ) the iniquity of us all.”
The
invitation from God remains; Try Again.
Will
we indeed?
Hope Encouragement Inspiration
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