Mid-Week Message - All Will Be Fine

Life has its ups and downs.  Some days are wonderful, some are awful.  One day everything works and the next brings mistakes and accidents.  Periods of prosperity are followed with periods of want. Waking up each day is an adventure in itself because we never know what the day ahead will bring.  

I broke something today.  I didn't mean to but it happened anyway. My first impulse was to see if I could fix it so that no one ever had to know about it.  That would save me from embarrassment. Upon realizing that it was out of my expertise I began thinking of who I could call to come and take care of it.  Again, this would be to protect myself from the feelings that are inevitable once my family discovers what I have done.  Having anyone upset with me for any reason is terrifying to me for very personal reasons.  However, it has happened before, it will happen this time, and it will happen again in the future.  

Being human means being tainted by sin.  Sin brings about unwanted consequences.  One day we will be in Heaven and joy will abound.  Today, though, often brings worry, sadness, anger, fear and pain. Jesus died so that we could have forgiveness of sin but that forgiveness doesn't necessarily free us from enduring the consequences.  If we break an earthly law, even though we ask and receive forgiveness from the Lord, we may still have to pay a ticket or spend time in jail.  

How comforting to know that no matter what we are going through at any given moment in our lives, there is One that we can turn to that will always respond to us in love.  Romans 5:8 says, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  While we were still sinners!  What a beautiful verse!  Think about it.  He knew everything about us.  He knew we would sin.  He knew and still His love for us was so strong and so deep and so perfect that He chose to allow Himself to be accused, beaten, humiliated, spat upon, jeered, and ultimately nailed to a cross to die.  How humbling is that?  Everything pales in comparison.  Yes, I broke something today - something of some value here on earth.  I'm not happy about it and I would really prefer that my family didn't find out.  But they will.  And I'm sure there will be tears and hurt feelings.  I also know that Jesus will be there with His arms open wide, and because He loves me and has given my family love for me, all will be fine.