God Never Gives Up

For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
just as a father the son whom he delights.
Proverbs 3:12

There are still more precious lessons to be learned. God's hands are not too short that He cannot reach out to rescue those who have wandered far from Him...

And, when it is necessary, the Lord, in His wisdom, will do whatever it takes to bring the backslider to his senses, and back into fellowship. Because, as I have been observing within the past week or thereabouts, a miracle of restoration has been taking place in my church. One by one, several wayward men have begun to return to the Lord. They have repented of their sins and have asked for forgiveness from God, and from the body of Christ, as well.

In addition, I am learning how the Lord will even break us when it is needed in order to help us see things His way. And this method of discipline may require us to walk along a path of self-inflicted pain which we end up bringing upon ourselves through the commission of willful sin. Then, while in anguish, when we cry out to God, He hears us. And because the Lord loves us, He acknowledges our tears of contrition and remorse. Next He restores us.

Therefore it's joy to my heart whenever someone comes back to the Lord. Those who have been gone for awhile have now returned to the lover of their souls. And this is a wonderful thing. Amen!

D.B.