For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
Psalm 31:10 (NKJV)
Thought for Today: I ran into Max on the streets of Boston one day when I was going to lunch. He looked like he once had a good life, but had fallen into hard times. He asked me for some change. Instead, I decided to offer to bring him with me for lunch. Max and I talked for over an hour about life and how the choices that we make have a lasting impact. As Max and I parted ways, he said to me, "Don't waste your life making bad choices as I have done. Choose wisely and you will finish strong." As I walked back to my office, Max's words hung over me. I knew that we can make our own future, good or bad, by the choices that we make today. Yet, I never really thought about how a lot of little choices add up and weigh you down.
Perhaps today you are experience grief, like you have lost your strength and your way. Maybe you feel so far removed from God because of what you have done in this life, your iniquities. Nothing that you have done or can do will separate you from God's love for you. If you have received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are forgiven of everything that you have ever done and will ever do. End of story. Yet, as a believer, we will feel grief from our sins, we will feel a distance from the Lord until we confess our sins and restore fellowship with the Lord. Dear reader, this day do you feel that you have gone over the edge of a cliff and fallen into a pit of your own doing? The arm of the Lord is never too short to save and pull you from the pit. But, you need to ask for His mercy and forgiveness. If you have never committed your life to Christ, that is the first step, asking Him to forgive you for all of your sins and trusting completely in His salvation. If you are already a believer, all it takes is a simple prayer, asking Him to forgive, asking Him to help you to change so that you may live the life that He has called you to.
Heavenly Father, we ask that you forgive us of all of the bad choices that we have made in this life, even the seemingly small ones. Forgive us for not always putting You first in our lives and for letting sin get in the way of a relationship with You, our ever-loving God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
