Another Lesson in Life

"Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16

How reassuring is that? No matter what we do, or how badly we mess up in life, God is always there for us..in all of His eternal mercy and grace. This is kind of like the old saying that "if you are not with God...you moved." That statement is so very true. God never leaves us, nor does He ever abandon us. Even (as stated in Revolation 2:4) when we leave our first love, which is God of course, He is always with us no matter what.

I got to thinking about these verses recently. It was about this time a year ago that I went through some very hard things. Without getting into too much detail, I made some very regrettable mistakes, which were in large part due to not having my eyes, or my heart set on the Lord, my first love. As many of my friends can attest to, I was simply not myself afterwards. It was one of those things that once all was said and done, I knew the mistakes I had made were wrong, and I continually beat myself up over.

It was reading these verses several months later that finally made me realize that God had never left me. He forgave me once I asked. I never truly thought that He had left me at all....it was more of a case that I didn't see how He would forgive me because I simply could not forgive myself. These verses, made me realize that His mercy was most definitely given to me in my strongest time of need. He never leaves us or abandons us.

It's like the poem "Footprints". There are two sets of footprints along the way and then all of a sudden only one. That one set starts where He takes us on His back and carries us through our trials and tribulations. His grace most definitely reaches us in our worst times. He is such a loving and forgiving God. He offers us forgiveness which we most definitely do not deserve, muchless have we earned.

We all have the opportunity to serve such a loving and caring God. We need to take the time to cherish the thought, and the opportunity. Thank God everyday for the blessings that you receive. There are so many blessings that we see, yet so many more that we simply do not see or think about. It is through His grace that we can persevere and rebound in our greatest times of need.

I will end this with another prayer request. First of all, my co-worker is going in for surgery tomorrow. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. Also, pray for her doctors. Pray that they can remove the cancer that has invaded her body.

Another prayer request: My friend Rebecca is going in for some surgery today. She will be home-bound for probably three weeks. She is a very dear friend of mine whom I love very much. She is a great Christian gal. Please keep her in your prayers as well.

God Bless you all!
Greg