Lifeline

Sometimes we experience life altering events that set our course.  I have recently encountered an ugly situation that has given me the chance to decide a new fate for both myself and a loved one.  I can act out of grief and pain and have it my way or I can look deeper into the soul of the perpetrator.  What matters most is that salvation is sought after and sustained no matter the cost. 

It is devasting to be betrayed, but what is worse than losing a person to their own sin? The cycle and course of sin is not a secret.  The rapid progression and degradation of the heart and soul is more than apparent.  It can even ravage a person's physical appearance.  Imagine that our mental decisions can alter the way we appear to people!  The deeper we go into our sin, the harder it is to see the light of day. 

God has literally given us a lifeline.  If He hadn't intervened, the enemy would have consumed his prey whole.  If not for His unmerited grace and mercy, we would be lost.  Despair would set in only leading to thoughts of forfeiture and death.  It is by grace, by grace, by grace. 

Thank the Lord for a new day, a new dawn.  Thank God for second chances, restoration, and above all, HOPE.  For we must hope in the Lord always.  His joy comes to me this morning.