Blowing it!

Somewhere in time, almost every minute of every day, someone makes a mistake and blows it.  Have you ever blown it? You know, made a mistake or a choice that you still regret?  Have you ever done anything that breaks the heart of God?  I think most of us have at one time or another.

When that happens, is that the end?  Are there no more chances left for us?  Let’s look at history and a couple of notable characters.

King David really blew it.  He had an affair with Bathsheba and when she became pregnant, he orchestrated the death of her husband to hide his mistake.  This caused problems for David down the line.  The sword never left his house.  His own son tried to steal the kingdom from him.  After all of this, what was David known for?  Well he was a man after God’s own heart. 

Jacob deceived his father and stole his brother’s birthright.  He fled for his life and made his way to another country, where his uncle, his mother’s brother lived.  Once there he fell in love with young Rachel and made a deal with his Uncle to marry her.  The uncle deceived Jacob and gave him his oldest daughter Leah for a bride instead.  Is Jacob marked for life as a man of deception?  No Jacob is the father of twelve sons that in turn fathered the twelve tribes of Israel.

Peter spent every day with Jesus. He watched him, listened to him and learned from him.  In Jesus’s most difficult time, when he needed friends, Peter denied knowing him three times.  After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to Peter and asked him three times, “Peter, do you love me?”  So did God give up on Peter?  No, he told him, upon this rock, I will build my church.

It doesn’t matter what we’ve done.  I agree there may be earthly consequences to our choices, but God is above all that.  God forgives and forgets.

Romans 4:7-8 (NIV)

Blessed are they

Whose transgressions are forgiven,

Whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man

Whose sin the Lord will never count against him.

God is not worried about where we’ve been or even where we are now, it matters only where we are going. Christ is not worried about our past, he wants to forgive our past and help us forge a new future.  If you have blown it, if you have made mistakes, than take a deep breath, your sins can be forgiven today.  Your fresh start, your new future happens immediately after. 

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