God Of New Beginnings
How did you learn to skate?" someone asked the winner of a competition.
"By getting up every time I fell down," was the reply.
The Christian life is also a series of new beginnings, of falling down and
getting up again. When we stumble, we often think, "I've failed again. I
might as well give up." But God is the God of new beginnings. He not only
forgives our sins, but He also uses our failures to make us wiser.
Sometimes our pride can cause us to resist starting again. In Psalm 25,
David showed a heart of humility by praying for forgiveness. He asked the
Lord to forgive the sins of his youth (v.7), and he rejoiced that God
teaches sinners (v.8), guides and instructs the humble (v.9), and teaches
His ways to those who fear Him (v.12).
John Newton, the composer of "Amazing Grace," expressed a similar
perspective: "Though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be,
nor yet what I hope to be, I can truly say I am not what I once was . . .
By the grace of God I am what I am!"
Do you feel like a failure? Do you need a new start? Go to the Lord in
humility, and He'll show you that He's the God of new beginnings. -JEY
Amazing grace- how sweet the sound-
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see. -Newton
FAILURE IS NEVER FINAL FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN AGAIN WITH GOD.
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