Showing Love

We always hear about John 3:16, but what about 3:17? Its one of my favorites! It says, For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. That’s an awesome thought! Jesus didn’t come to point fingers or to pick on our faults, but to save us from them! So often in the church, when someone falls down and uber messes up, we trash them or act shocked, OH MY, I can’t believe they done that! "GASP" What would you have done, if when you went to Jesus to ask forgiveness, he said those things to you? It would really hurt. I thank God that he has given me a soft heart for those hurting people. I know what its like to mess up uber after being born again, and if someone I looked up to hadn’t said, its going to be alright, I probably would have just quit right then! COME ON PEOPLE! When Peter tried walking on the water he walked out to where Jesus was, but when he saw the waves and wind he took his eyes off of Jesus, he fell. Jesus reached down his hand and lifted him up! What would have happened if Jesus had said, OH MY PETER I CANT BELIEVE YOU FELL! That wasn’t the only time Peter fell either. Three times he denied the Lord! Three Times! Did Jesus then say, OH MY PETER I CAN’T BELIEVE you did that.......Three Times no less? Peter messed up many times, but Jesus always forgave him. Now, I say this to Christians everywhere, are we more holy than Jesus? Are we to be less forgiving than Jesus? We are to be the image of Jesus for we are his body! Let’s help folks when they fail. Let’s help them in the turmoil. Let’s lift them up and not kick them down farther! I don’t care if they mess up fifty five blue million times, we are to be all about loving them, not trashing them! To you who have fallen...I have fallen too, I have missed the mark whether on purpose or by accident, and I am here to say, IT'S NOT OVER! IT'S NEVER OVER! He will never leave you or forsake you, which is his promise. When you become Gods child, he doesn’t toss you away when you mess up; he helps you to get back on your feet again. He is a loving God and he loves you so much, that he gave up everything he loved, that he might gain your love! Gods mercy is renewed every morning........he loves you and so do I. In Jesus name be blessed, comforted, and overwhelmed by Gods GREAT LOVE! AMEN!