Mercy said, No.

When we don’t understand something, why do some of us give up, instead of being drawn to gain more knowledge, to go even deeper?

I’ve always had a weak side. I didn’t have much self confidence. Thanks to my Jesus, that’s all in my past, as I’ve gone from baby steps, to GIANT steps, to the Greatest Love of my life. Everything I am, and who I’ve become, is all that He’s wanted me to be. But he not finished with His children yet.  Sometimes the lessons are hard because God will always be perfecting the image of Christ in us, until we are, "the same image, from glory to glory..." (2 Corinthians 3: 18).   

Grace… is a gift of God….Grace is getting what we don’t deserve.

Mercy…. is withheld punishment,…. not getting what we deserve.

Ephesians 2:5, “We were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ... it is by grace you have been saved.”

John 3: 16, “For God so loved the world, He gave His One and Only Son”

Yet, deep within our hearts there is still a war that rages, and makes the sacrifice so hard to see.

This amazing love for us, and the grace by which we are saved, should have, and get, our all!!!  Think of how much mercy God has given us. Most of us have never contracted herpes, aids, or gotten pregnant out of wedlock.  We should seek the Knowledge of God’s word daily. It’s for our own protection, and guidance, because He loves us, and wants to keep us from harm. "[God's] people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..." (Hosea 4: 6).  Parents, we should be more like God in guiding our children, rather than trying to be their friends. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."  (Proverbs 22: 6).

I know in my growing years, God must have been working overtime, extending His mercy, until I got to know Him more, and tried to be the reflection He calls me to be. The discipline got quicker, and hurt my heart so much.

We should realize that God, "leadeth [us] to repentance..." (Romans 2:4). 

It seems more, and more today, mankind has taken the gift of God for granted, and we keep trampling on it.

Good and evil, (life and death) stand face to face every day.  Our own choices bring on consequences that could be with us for a lifetime. God gives us a choice, and even gives us the answer, it’s up to us. Deuteronomy 30: 19, “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses."  NOW CHOOSE LIFE, so that you and your children may live. Break the curse from being handed to our children. Don’t let evil stop redemption's flow.

Don’t let sin take control. Much too high a price was paid for you.

When heaven looks at you, it’s through the blood of Jesus.

Grace and peace to you

Kim